Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere

by Smriti Prasadam-Halls

Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere! Pumpkins with happy faces and sad faces, cheeky faces and mad faces. Pumpkins carved as spiders and cats, wolves and bats. Pumpkins glowing, pumpkins bright, and shining in the starry night. A lively rhyming text explores the many possibilities of a carved pumpkin with warm humor. This fun book is written by Smriti Prasadam-Halls and illustrated by Lorena Alvarez. Follow the children in their favorite Halloween costumes as they trick or treat their way to the pumpkin parade, with a fabulous luminescent orange glow of pumpkins on every page.

Genres: Halloween, Picture Books, Childrens, Holiday, Kids, Fiction, Storytime

32 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2015

About the author

Smriti Prasadam-Halls is an award-winning, internationally best-selling children’s author whose books have been published in more than thirty languages. Her titles include the Publishers Weekly #1 bestseller I Love You Night and Day, illustrated by Alison Brown. Smriti Prasadam-Halls previously worked at the BBC and in children’s publishing and television as a writer and editor for twelve years. She lives in London with her husband and three sons.

Reviews

[La Coccinelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is basically just a simple, repetitive poem illustrated with cute pictures. There are lots of things to look at and find in the illustrations, and the bouncy rhythm of the words is pretty good. I'm not sure if this will be a Halloween favourite of anyone except the youngest of children; there's not much of a story. But it would be a fun (and innocuous) addition to a child's Halloween library.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite line: “Pumpkin toot.”

[riss]

very short and very cute!

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

i bought this book when my LO was just over a year old. she loved it and wanted it read again and again. i loved the illustrations and happily obliged. now, a year later, my LO still loves this book and has started to "read" it to herself. the story text is very simple but the illustrations add to the depth of the story line.

[Nicole (book.quill) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kinda fun albeit repetitive

[Kenson and kirra · Rating 4 out of 5]

the purfect book to read on halloween morning. it doesn't have much of a story line though. just a nice rhyme. good for a 2-3 year old.

[Scout Collins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rhyming book that was like a long poem. It was okay.

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[Tiffany Probus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not sure why people think it's boring. It IS for little kids😂 but cute!

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sorry, two stars means "it was ok" and that's all it was for me. The "pumpkin sad" didn't even look sad to me. I can see why some littles like it read aloud to them, though.

[Hang Nguyen thi diem · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suggest for kids under 3 years old. Great illustration and simple words

[Georgina Rump · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very simple, the illustrations are very interesting and would be good for inferring and describing

[Alyce Caswell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll be honest... there's not much substance to this book. But kiddo is a fan of Halloween and an even bigger fan of pumpkins, so he was happy with it.

[Janet]

Sparse story for Halloween featuring all types of faces on the Jack o Lanterns. Illustrations may have been done digitally as the faces with the eyes seem to indicate that.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super süß und schöne Farben und Bilder

[Mrufka80Czyta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book for younger readers, lovely pictures. Perfect for Halloween week

[Teresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere is a book that is easy to listen to with engaging illustrations. The author uses jack-o-lanterns to show facial recognition, direction, animal recognition and the fun parts of Halloween. Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere would be an excellent book to use with special learners or ESL kids because of phrases that repeat like "Pumpkin wet and pumpkin dry... Pumpkin happy and pumpkin sad." This book works for classroom or home. This is a Halloween "Friendly" book suitable for small children.

[S.A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

The words just roll right off your tongue when you read this book aloud. The illustrations are vibrant and busy, which leave lots of opportunities to make reading this book with your child interactive. It will make you want to carve a pumpkin together after reading!

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super simple rhyming text makes this a great option for storytime, while the beautiful illustrations tell the bulk of the story and can get the gist across quickly (though more careful inspection yields lots of sweet detail.) A winner.

[Pinky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pumpkins everywhere on Halloween Night have a range of emotions on their faces.

[Faithreading18 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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