Grumpy Pumpkins

Pee Wee Scouts #5

by judy-delton-alan-tiegreen-pee-wee-scouts-staff

Why so gruff, Molly Duff?Halloween is here, and the Pee Wee Scouts have big plans. First they make their very own costumes. Next they visit a pumpkin farm. Then they get to carve faces into their pumpkins!Molly Duff loves Halloween. Usually. But this year, the Pee Wees are having their costume party at a nursing home. The same nursing home where Molly's grumpy grandpa lives! Will Halloween be any fun at all?Please ask if you need a specific version. The data provided here may not be correct. With buying and not asking you are accepting the book as is.

Genres: Fiction, Childrens, Halloween, Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Holiday

75 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1988

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book for youngsters. Molly is part of the Pee Wee Scouts and Halloween is coming up. They get to pick out pumpkins and have a costume party. She has to get creative and make her own costume and offers to make Tim’s too so he isn’t left out. Tim is a little choosy beggar though. Molly is nervous about seeing her grumpy grandfather at the party at the nursing home but it all turns out okay.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this straight through with my little guy. Fun to read in October.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 star nostalgia read!!!


These books are the reason I joined Goodreads like 10 years ago. I wanted to find this book series but couldn’t remember the name and had been unsuccessfully searching the depths of the interweb for years.

In 1st grade I had difficulty reading. Not difficulty learning to read but actually focusing long enough to read something through. This series is what changed that for me. These books made me fall in love with reading forever.

What makes all this even more cool is the way I found out the name of the series after searching so long. A complete accident, and all thanks to a childhood favorite of mine - Paul Reubens aka Pee-wee Herman! When he died earlier this year on July 30th, I looked for books of his here on Goodreads and thank goodness for autofill!, bc when I typed in “Pee Wee” it just so happened to show results for Pee Wee Scouts, too! Thank you Pee-wee <3

[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was browsing the kids ebooks on the library site and saw this and thought, that looks familiar. And that's because I read this series when I was a kid. I'm glad they are still available. The covers have been updated, but its still the same story with drawings. I might have to read more from the series, relive childhood memories.
This is a great read for kids now that its almost Halloween. There's pumpkins and costumes and lots of fun.

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this series as a kid, and reread this title. I think it holds up pretty well. No, it's not great literature, but it's just right for the intended audience. I'm using it for a book discussion with 7 and 8 year old students.

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little out of date...it might be a little beyond the readers it was intended for (2nd graders) because it is from a different era.

[Cws]

JEAR3-Del

[Twyla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Molly thought her grandpa was mad but it was only when he was sick.I liked it when they carved there pumpkins.Auryn 7yo

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just thought of this series the other day. I think I read them sometime between 1st and 4th grade.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Douglas read this.

[Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

there's a halloween party.

[Dee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of my favourite Pee Wee Scouts books. It's an excellent series and it deals with stuff kids can relate to.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grumpy Pumpkins

It was a good book. I read it to my puppy, and he liked it too. I question the characters' ages though.

[Johan]

to short

[Mom · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read these books to my daughter when she was 6. Great bonding time.