Stumpkin

By Lucy Ruth Cummins

Book Overview

From the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of A Hungry Lion comes a unique Halloween story about a stemless pumpkin who dreams of becoming a jack-o-lantern. Stumpkin is the most handsome pumpkin on the block. He's as orange as a traffic cone Twice as round as a basketball He has no bad side He's perfect choice for a Halloween jack-o-lantern. There's just one problem--Stumpkin has a stump, not a stem. And no one seems to want a stemless jack-o-lantern for their window. As Halloween night approaches, more and more of his fellow pumpkins leave, but poor Stumpkin remains. Will anyone give Stumpkin his chance to shine?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534413626
• ISBN13: 9781534413627
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.1" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Daugher loved it

We saw this at the library on the "new shelf and we just had to read this. It had just the right amount of dramatic tension for my five year old and she's been requesting it often ever since. She can't wait to get her own Stumpkin to turn into a 🎃