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Available
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"Playing with concepts of size and scale, giant pumpkins decorate some of America's most famous landmarks and landscapes."--
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Publication
Nancy Paulsen Books (2016), Edition: Reprint, 32 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member CaittBitt
This is a book that all teachers should have in their collection. This is a great book not only because it encourages imagination and creativity on each page, but it also takes the readers all over the world to major capitals and cities. The book is so funny and unrealistic, that the young reader
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isn't even aware of all the geographical locations they are learning along the way. The end of the book is a fantastic tool for summing up the book because it shares a picture of each place the pumpkins were, and then it gives the name of that state or landmark, followed by intriguing facts about that place. Show Less
LibraryThing member Phay_Mahony
A very cute fall themed book, another great halloween book. The gorgeous illustrations of pumpkins and the few words also make it a great book for reading aloud close to halloween.
LibraryThing member Sullywriter
Pretty darn big!
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
The narrator of this unusual picture-book tour of iconic American sites invites the reader to play a game in which they imagine gigantic pumpkins in all sorts of unlikely places. "How big could your pumpkin grow," the title and text here ask, as the book goes on to describe and depict massive
Author/illustrator Wendell Minor takes a fairly silly premise in How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? - namely, the idea of gigantic pumpkins superimposed on famous places and structures - and uses it to create a book that is both entertaining and educational, inviting imaginative engagement from the reader and listener. The accompanying artwork is just lovely - colorful and full of fun. Recommended to all young pumpkin lovers, to those looking for unusual ways to introduce the idea of America's vastness and geographic diversity to very young children, and to Wendell Minor fans.
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pumpkins dominating such things as the Brooklyn Bridge or Mount Rushmore. The final two-page spread gives more information about each locale, from a farm in Connecticut to an oil field in Texas, and the pumpkin-related activities popular there...Author/illustrator Wendell Minor takes a fairly silly premise in How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? - namely, the idea of gigantic pumpkins superimposed on famous places and structures - and uses it to create a book that is both entertaining and educational, inviting imaginative engagement from the reader and listener. The accompanying artwork is just lovely - colorful and full of fun. Recommended to all young pumpkin lovers, to those looking for unusual ways to introduce the idea of America's vastness and geographic diversity to very young children, and to Wendell Minor fans.
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LibraryThing member sloth852
I think anyone that has seen an enormous pumpkin can appreciate this whimsical imagining of extra-large pumpkins.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 10 x 9.94 inches
ISBN
1101997818 / 9781101997819
Other editions
How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? by Wendell Minor (Paperback)