Ready for Pumpkins

By Kate Duke

Book Overview

A classroom guinea pig finds a way to plant his own garden in this funny tale of pumpkins and patience. After watching the first graders grow plants from seeds, Hercules, the class guinea pig, is inspired. He wants to grow things, too With the help of a rabbit named Daisy, Hercules plants his seeds and waits. And waits and waits. . . . He learns that growing things takes more than seeds and soil, sun and rain. It takes patience. But sometimes having to wait makes the reward even sweeter. "Duke's story brims with humor of both the classroom and animal-buddy varieties, and her featherlight paintings capture every ounce of Herky's enthusiasm, impatience, and eventual satisfaction." -- PW, starred review

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375870687
• ISBN13: 9780375870682
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3