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 Big
Pumpkin
By
Erica
Silverman
Illustrated by
S.D.
Schindler
Review
by: Christa
J Koch
Owner/ Operator of
www.preschooleducation.com
“Once there was a witch who wanted to make pumpkin pie. So she
planted a pumpkin seed. She weeded and watered, and after a while a sprout
poked through.” The witch took care of her pumpkin plant till it was nice
and big. With Halloween just hours away, the witch decided it was time to
make pumpkin pie. She went to take her pumpkin off the vine. “She pulled
and she tugged and she pulled. First she pulled hard and then she pulled
harder. But the pumpkin just sat.” The story goes on with the introduction
of some traditional other Halloween characters. (Ghost, vampire, mummy.)
They all take a turn to try to pull the pumpkin off the vine. None of them
are successful. Then a bat happens by. They all laugh at the bat until he
tells them his plan. “The bat pulled mummy, the mummy pulled the vampire,
the vampire pulled the ghost, the ghost pulled the witch, and the witch
pulled the pumpkin.” Till “Snap off came the pumpkin.” At the end of
the story the witch, the ghost, the vampire, the mummy and the bat are
sharing the pumpkin pie. When they left, the witch “went right out and
played another pumpkin seed.”
While
at first the story may appear to be scary, you will find that it is not. The
traditional Halloween characters are not doing anything mean, haunting, or
mischief’s. They are just simply trying to help out another. The story has
a great values to it, sharing and helping others. The illustrations are
wonderful. They are also not too scary. Each character has a funny cartoon
look to them.
I
discovered this story about 4 years ago. It has been a favorite of each new
class. I am to the point where I can recite the story without the book. The
kids, just love it so much they make me read it over and over again. In fact
I bought the audio
tape to go with it. It is really excellent. It brings the story to
life with the voices. No Halloween lesson is complete without this wonderful
story.
I recommend this story for preschool children ages 3 and up.
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