Big Pumpkin by; Erica Silverman

Title: Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman

illustrated by S.D. Schindler

Type: novelty, Halloween-themed

Format: dark colors relating to the colors of Halloween, softcover, much details in the illustrations

Multicultural: none

Awards: --1992, North Carolina Children's Book Award Nomination

--1992, Books for Children designation, Library of Congress

--1993, Children's Choice Designation

--1993, Children's Book Council & International Reading Association

Age appropriate: ages 4 yrs to 8 yrs

Brief synopsis: a witch grows a pumpkin too big to remove from the vine. But with the help of a mummy, vampire, ghost, and bat they get the pumpkin off the vine and the witch makes a pumpkin pie and she shares it with them

Interaction: children can repeat some of the dialogue, especially of the witch

Quality: lots of humor, wit, and some repetition, predictability

Debrief: --What would happen to the pumpkin if they couldn't get it out of the vine?

--Can you think of another way to pull out of the vine?

--Why did the witch share the pumpkin pie with her friends?

-Luis G.