Seeds from a plump pumpkin grew into a huge army of roly-poly pumpkins. All it took was a mighty wind to set those pumpkins off on a tumble that would wakeup a sleepy valley town with a rumbling,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I am a Home Schooling mother, that wanted something different for our mini lesson on pumpkins and I found it with "Pumpkin Hill". The illustrations were wonderful, the story was fun and educational, with a cool project in the back of the book that was perfect for our lesson plan. We read it at our annual pumpkin carving party and adults found it just as delightful as the children.
A hit with my 4 yo
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
So often the poetry in children's books is strained and forced, but not this one. The language is very poetic and fun to read. It's the type of book that could really teach a child to love language. It is also a big hit with my 4 year old who loves the roly-poly pumpkins -- when she saw pumpkins at the supermarket for Halloween she said "behold, a golden avalanche", referring to the cascade of pumpkins in this book.
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