Pumpkin Heads. Wendell Minor. 2021. [August] 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
First sentence: October is here. It's time to pick a pumpkin!
Premise/plot: Pumpkin Heads is a picture book celebrating the carving of pumpkins for Halloween.
My thoughts: The text is simple and straight forward. Each spread shows off a...you guessed it...a pumpkin head. What makes this an interesting read--at least as an adult--are the illustrations. I absolutely love, love, love the illustrations. They are absolutely beautiful and so realistic.
I don't personally celebrate Halloween and I've never carved--or decorated--a pumpkin. But these illustrations are so wonderful.
I would recommend this one for those who *do* celebrate Halloween and do actually select pumpkins to carve.
The publisher, Charlesbridge, says it releases August 2021. But GoodReads has an earlier publishing date of 2000! My guess is this one is being reprinted.
© 2021 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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