You can use them, but you don't have to use them. *Note: These craft ideas are just suggestions. The way you designate, say bunny hops or crab walk), On each team have to take turns going to the pile (in Paper, where when you open up the page, the garden,īring ahead options: pumpkin seeds, cups and dirtĭivide the group into two teams, and put two piles Make a pop-up page of a garden out of construction Bring ahead options: Recipes to put in the Make a pumpkin recipe book in the shape of a What would you have done with lots of pumpkins?ĭo you think Rebecca still hates pumpkins? Why or How does she finally get rid of all the pumpkins?
Have you ever had a problem that you ignored and it What things does she try and do to get rid of them? How did so many pumpkins get in Rebecca?s garden? Have you ever been to a pumpkin patch? How doĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: How do you think there came to be so many pumpkins?ĭo you have any food that you really don?t like? Look at the cover: why do you think there are so This is an ideal Halloween-time book for those who want to bypass ghouls and goblins (or any actual mention of Halloween) and focus on. Illustrator Megan Lloyd creates spunky, detail-rich drawings that are sure to hold up to the scrutiny of youngsters everywhere. In Too Many Pumpkins, a 1996 American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists," Linda White (who based the book on her own pumpkin-eating aunt Becky) reveals how swallowing one's personal (pumpkin) prejudices can end up benefiting a whole community. She buried the mess so she wouldn't have to look at it, and, as you might imagine, she witnessed a bumper crop the following fall.
One day, years and years later, white-haired Rebecca was busy not eating pumpkins when-SPLAT-a giant pumpkin fell off an overloaded truck and smashed into her yard. But if you were forced to eat only pumpkins (baked, steamed, boiled, stewed, mashed, and rotten), you might agree with Rebecca, who was so poor as a child that she could only afford to eat the unrelentingly orange squash. Certainly, pumpkins are benign, as far as gourds go, and they make for delicious pies. "What's not to like?" you may be thinking. Grade Level: 3rd (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.) Volunteers needed in May! Click here to sign up.
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