Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews
Pumpkin Heads!
Picture Book
For ages 3 to 6
Scholastic, 2000 ISBN: 978-0590521383
It is October and the time has come to pick a pumpkin out of the pumpkin patch. Soon it will be Halloween and our pumpkins will be turned into pumpkin heads of all kinds. Some will be very big and others will be small. Some will be plain heads while others may be dressed up to look like cowboys, cats, or witches. There will be those which will be waiting to greet trick-or-treaters while others will serve to scare crows in the fields. Be on the watch because you may find pumpkin heads "in the strangest places."
For this wonderfully illustrated picture book Wendell Minor has created some beautiful paintings to accompany a simple text which captures the essence of the pumpkin season. Children who love to select, carve and decorate pumpkins for fall and Halloween will find this book inspirational and joy to look at. There can be no doubt that carved pumpkin heads give Halloween that special something which we would miss if they were not there.
