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32 pp.
| Whitman |
September, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-8075-6665-9$$15.95
(3)
K-3
After Halloween is over, Tim reluctantly deposits Jack, his jack-o'-lantern, in the garden to rot. The following spring he discovers Jack's remains, then a sprout, then a plant that blooms and produces fruit through the summer. Come fall he harvests the new pumpkins and creates a new Jack. Rich colored-pencil illustrations, which capture the pumpkin's crumbling decay, animate this satisfying tale.