What do you think?
Rate this book
Where Is Baby's Pumpkin?
In Karen Katz's distinctive style, an adorable baby searches throughout the house for her pumpkin.
In Karen Katz's distinctive style, an adorable baby searches throughout the house for her pumpkin. Is the pumpkin under the leaves, behind the curtain, under the bed? NO! But Baby finds many other surprises as a ghost, a witch's hat, cute-as-a-button bats, and candy apples are found beneath each flap. Finally after Baby finds her pumpkin, she's ready to go trick-or-treating and the final flap reveals a Halloween extravaganza!
In Karen Katz's distinctive style, an adorable baby searches throughout the house for her pumpkin. Is the pumpkin under the leaves, behind the curtain, under the bed? NO! But Baby finds many other surprises as a ghost, a witch's hat, cute-as-a-button bats, and candy apples are found beneath each flap. Finally after Baby finds her pumpkin, she's ready to go trick-or-treating and the final flap reveals a Halloween extravaganza!
14 pages, Board Book
First published August 8, 2006
3 people are currently reading
221 people want to read
About the author
Karen Katz
204 books105 followersKaren Katz has written and illustrated many books for children, including The Colors of Us, Can You Say Peace, My First Ramadan, Counting Kisses and Where is Baby's Belly Button. Long inspired by folk art from around the world, she was inspired to write her first book, Over the Moon, when she and her husband adopted their daughter from Guatemala, and she wanted to tell the story of welcoming Lena into their lives. Katz loves to paint and experiment with texture, color, collage and pattern. Besides an author and illustrator, she has been a costume designer, quilt maker, fabric artist and graphic designer. Katz and her family divide their time between New York City and Saugerties, New York.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/karenkatz
http://us.macmillan.com/author/karenkatz
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 56 reviews
September 24, 2025
Really put a much needed smile on my face. Nice look at the process of looking for something, and how you find other things in the process. This would be a very good example of the oft used phrase 'trust the process' - which is something that I think children will understand much better as they get older. Great Halloween book!
October 28, 2009
Another one of Christopher's favorites. He had it memorized after 5 times! So cute!
October 16, 2015
Halloween is approaching and my biggest concern is finding a book for my 18 month old granddaughter. Yes there are tons of Halloween books available but in my opinion, they are all to SCARY for a little baby! An 18 month old toddler doesn’t need to see spooky witches, ghouls and goblins. Where are all the pumpkins, candy apples and happy-faced ghosts? No where to be found. I was resigned to not getting a Halloween book and instead buying a fun Where’s Spot? story book.
As luck would have it, while wandering through Target, I came across an adorable little book called Where is Baby’s Pumpkin? and like Cinderella’s glass slipper, the fit for me was just perfect!! It’s a sweet lift-the-flap story with baby searching for her pumpkin so that she can go out trick or treating. No scary creatures, just happy little Halloween images. Thank you Karen Katz for writing such a charming little Halloween tale. I can’t wait to share it with my granddaugher! I’m happy to give you five pumpkins…whoops! I mean stars!!
As luck would have it, while wandering through Target, I came across an adorable little book called Where is Baby’s Pumpkin? and like Cinderella’s glass slipper, the fit for me was just perfect!! It’s a sweet lift-the-flap story with baby searching for her pumpkin so that she can go out trick or treating. No scary creatures, just happy little Halloween images. Thank you Karen Katz for writing such a charming little Halloween tale. I can’t wait to share it with my granddaugher! I’m happy to give you five pumpkins…whoops! I mean stars!!
Read
October 30, 2011review published on Mundie Kids on 10/24/2011*
http://mundiekids.blogspot.com/2011/1...
I absolutely fell in love with Karen Katz' illustrations when my kids were babies and preschoolers. So much so, that there is hardly a book of hers that we didn't own. I'm so glad that this one's still being sold.
If you have a baby or a preschooler in the house, this is a perfect book to read with them. I used to tell my kids when to lift the flap (or just plain tear it off...lots of these books are gently taped up) as I read the easily told tale.
The story uses every day words like -- curtain, closet, bowls, bed and door. I loved that because I'd walk around after reading it and point out the same objects in our house. The brightly colored, happy drawings and the fuzzy feel of the cat costume makes this book a perfect gift for anyone with a baby or a preschooler.
http://mundiekids.blogspot.com/2011/1...
I absolutely fell in love with Karen Katz' illustrations when my kids were babies and preschoolers. So much so, that there is hardly a book of hers that we didn't own. I'm so glad that this one's still being sold.
If you have a baby or a preschooler in the house, this is a perfect book to read with them. I used to tell my kids when to lift the flap (or just plain tear it off...lots of these books are gently taped up) as I read the easily told tale.
The story uses every day words like -- curtain, closet, bowls, bed and door. I loved that because I'd walk around after reading it and point out the same objects in our house. The brightly colored, happy drawings and the fuzzy feel of the cat costume makes this book a perfect gift for anyone with a baby or a preschooler.
March 31, 2012
This is a cute book for Halloween for young children. This board book has textured pages (better done than any other book I have read). Baby is looking for her pumpkin. She keeps looking for it. The reader gets to lift a flap on every page. We see neat things beneath the flaps. Baby eventually finds her pumpkin.
February 16, 2016
My 13 month old daughter LOVES this book. She will have me read it to her 6 or 7 times a day. She loves the little flaps and seeing what's behind them. It's a super cute book. She also really loves the "Where is Baby's Belly Button?" book for the same reasons.
This is a really cute book for babies for Halloween. All the same awesomeness of the original, but themed for Halloween. So cute.
This is a really cute book for babies for Halloween. All the same awesomeness of the original, but themed for Halloween. So cute.
October 22, 2007
My daughter loves this book, especially the fuzzy black cat, which she loves to touch. However, there is some serious copyright infringment going on in this book: there's a "friendly ghost." Hmm, anyway, this is still a great Halloween flip book.
October 8, 2009
This book has been among the first that my baby has actually interacted with. Many books are just plain pictures and words, but with the many flaps and hidden objects she really enjoys this one. Wish it had some textures built in, but overall a great book!
December 1, 2009
This was the best baby Halloween book we found. We're still reading it to our daughter because she absolutely loves it. I checked out "Where is Baby's Christmas Present?" and didn't like it half as much as I liked this one.
October 21, 2014
This sturdy lift-the-flaps board book is perfect for toddlers to "read" with another person. Baby is looking for his pumpkin. Under the flaps are cats, ghosts, sparkly bats, candied apples, and a witch's hat, and an assortment of all those things. It is a fun interactive book for Halloween.
October 31, 2007
So much fun, especially since B's Halloween costume looks just like the one Baby is wearing!
August 5, 2008
My daughter's first favorite book so therefore it will always be near and dear to my heart. Spoiler Alert - She does eventually find her pumpkin. :-)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 9, 2008
cute and fuzzy for halloween
November 6, 2010
Cute and sweet! Simple, yet engaging. The glittery images were loved by my daughter!!
February 16, 2011
This is my daughter's new favorite book! We can't go anywhere without it :o)
October 3, 2016
Baby searches for her pumpkin, discovering a host of adorably drawn Halloween objects before finally finding it.
September 19, 2012
My daughter absolutely loves the lift-the-flap books, with Karen Katz being some of our favorites, and with my excitement of holidays, this one fits right in.
October 12, 2014
candied apples! yum!
October 25, 2014
Emelia really likes this book
November 1, 2014
Cute hands on Halloween book for a toddler.
September 10, 2015
I love this book for young toddlers!
October 16, 2015
Karen Katz always uses the flaps in clever ways. This Halloween one has good pictures and is very interactive.
October 31, 2015
You got this book from Mommy and Daddy for your 1st birthday! And this was... drumroll please... Your 500th book in the first year of your life! Woot!
February 1, 2016
Good for cultural things. It is about Halloween.
November 7, 2017
Solomon liked this BOOOk that Grandma E bought him.
November 25, 2017
A cute lift the flap book about a baby who finds friendly ghosts, happy bats, and a fuzzy black cat while she is in search of her pumpkin.
July 16, 2016
Good witches and happy ghosts. Just missing the virtuous devil.
June 9, 2025
Wonderful For Memories with Targets Audience
I read this with my grandson along with a few others in this collection. It was a great time we had, filled with shared giggles. Though the books were lovely - colorful, engaging, interactive... - it was the meaningful moment for that mattered. My grandson received a fun experience to fall in love with literature while hanging out with his granny.
This book is perfect for a caregiver to enjoy with a youngster. It is well matched for a young reader just finding their legs. It is a great way to celebrate the holidays, too.
I read this with my grandson along with a few others in this collection. It was a great time we had, filled with shared giggles. Though the books were lovely - colorful, engaging, interactive... - it was the meaningful moment for that mattered. My grandson received a fun experience to fall in love with literature while hanging out with his granny.
This book is perfect for a caregiver to enjoy with a youngster. It is well matched for a young reader just finding their legs. It is a great way to celebrate the holidays, too.
December 12, 2018
After reading this book for the dozenth time with my infant, I've decided it takes place in the universe of the Sixth Sense. No parents around, bats in the cupboard, and no edible food in the house (candied apples are literally inedible)? I think baby might be able to see dead people.
November 28, 2018
The copy I read was missing a couple flaps, but still a cute book.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 56 reviews