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Available
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The Baxter brothers find a wonderful pumpkin for Halloween, but first they must catch up with it when it rolls down the hill.
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Scholastic (2005), 32 pages
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LibraryThing member TonyaJordan
The Runaway Pumpkin is about a family who lived on a farm on the side of a hill. One day Buck nad Billy wondered up the hillside where they found a pumpkin patch. The two boys picked the biggest pumpkin they could find and it went rolling down the hill. After crashing into the barn and the chicken
My children and I like this book very much. It is a book that can be used at Halloween or Thanksgiving either one. The children are wearing costumes, but it also talks about making pumpkin bread and pie which goes along with the Thanksgiving theme. I love the rhyming and the predictable saying throughout the book.
In the classroom Imight use this book when learning about Thanksgiving and the different foods associated with it. I would also use this book as an example of alliteration.
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coop, Poppa saw the pumpkin, and plowed a bed where the pumpkin stopped dead in it's tracks.My children and I like this book very much. It is a book that can be used at Halloween or Thanksgiving either one. The children are wearing costumes, but it also talks about making pumpkin bread and pie which goes along with the Thanksgiving theme. I love the rhyming and the predictable saying throughout the book.
In the classroom Imight use this book when learning about Thanksgiving and the different foods associated with it. I would also use this book as an example of alliteration.
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LibraryThing member dukefan86
Since I enjoy most things pumpkin, I thought this was a pretty cute book about a huge pumpkin that rolls out of control for a spell.
LibraryThing member librisissimo
Poetic adventures of a humongous pumpkin that ends up in the pie.
LibraryThing member Chawki6
In my opinion, this is a great book. The story follows a large pumpkin as it rolls down the hillside of the family farm. The pumpkin crashes into things and people on its way down the hill. As the family sees the pumpkin, they think about what Granny can make with it. One of the things I like best
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about is this story is the rhyming. The rhyming makes the story fun to read, especially aloud. “A short way down the hillside, that zooming pumpkin caught the eye of a mucking Momma Baxter, who thought of Granny’s pumpkin pie.” I also really like the rhyming phrase that is used a few times throughout the story, “Round and round across the ground makin’ a thumpin’ bumpin’ sound came that thumpety, bumpety, thumpin’ bumpin’ round and roll-y runaway pumpkin!” The repeated phrase really adds a fun and creative aspect to the story. The illustrations also add to the overall humor in the story. The illustrations are very detailed, and very colorful. My favorite page in the story is when the pumpkin bursts through a fence, and all the animals look terrified. A pig climbed up a tree, a goat is standing there with wide eyes and an opened mouth, and a cow is running away with a shocked look on her face. The big idea is to entertain children with a story about turning a bad thing into something good. The big pumpkin crushed a lot of things on the family farm, but the Granny was able to turn that pumpkin into lots of different pumpkin treats. Show Less
LibraryThing member laineyh
The Runaway Pumpkin is a great rhyming story that talks about Buck, Billy, and their little sister Lil that find a very large pumpkin on top of a hill. The brothers decide to detach the pumpkin from the vine and as it rolls don the farm’s hill, each member of the family can’t help but thing a
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delicious pumpkin creation. Poppa Baxter thinks quickly and plows a pumpkin bed which captures the pumpkin and the whole family is then able to enjoy various treats from the pumpkin. The verses in the book flow seamlessly and the repeated use of the poem used to describe the sound of pumpkin rolling down the hill was a great touch to the story. The book gets its Halloween theme from the costumes on each of the characters as well as the festive treats made from the pumpkin. Fall and Halloween are my favorite time of the year and this book would be great in a classroom to help inspire students to create their own fall/Halloween story. Show Less
LibraryThing member librisissimo
Delightful story poem about the adventures on the farm caused by trying to harvest a giant pumpkin.
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Original publication date
2003
Physical description
32 p.; 9.94 x 0.08 inches
ISBN
0439565448 / 9780439565448