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PSHarper Growing Tree series.
Illustrated by
Nadine Bernard Westcott.
Slapstick humor and springtime colors enhance a rhyming tale about a squash that grows completely out of control. After the squash "crashed through the clothesline/ and smashed through the fence, / scaring the pants off two elderly gents," Mrs. McNosh gets the bright idea to pick the squash, scoop it clean, and turn it into a house. Good story-hour and bedtime fare.