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Pumpkin Man from Piney Creek Reviews


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Can't Pa spare one of his pumpkins so Hattie can have a jack-o'-lantern of her own? Maybe not. The Pumpkin Man from Piney Creek is on his way, and Pa has promised to sell him one hundred pumpkins.

This glimpse of life in late nineteenth-century rural America will delight those who, year after year, find themselves looking forward to autumn and pumpkin time. And pumpkin lovers of all ages will be happy to find that Ma's Blue-Ribbon Pie recipe is included!!!


Reader's Theater
Write your own story about a time you wanted something as badly as Hattie wanted that pumpkin.

Laura Kelly is the illustrator of several children's books. Publishers Weekly said:

Kelly's enchanting watercolors...deftly mingle humorous particulars and period detail.

Beard's first book hones in on rural American life in the late 1800's...(her) text, peppered with the relaxed  dialect, is a well-paced slice of Americana.-Publishers Weekly

**Chosen as an "Outstanding Title" by  School Library Journal

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-3--The pumpkin man is coming to buy Pa's crop. All day small Hattie helps cut the fruits and roll them into stacks. Secretly she hides one under the dead vines hoping to keep it for her own even though her father has promised them all to the buyer. After they load the wagon it is obvious that they are one short! Hattie tearfully surrenders her pumpkin, but all is not lost. The one from which the buyer cut a sample wedge makes a dandy Jack-o'-lantern and Pa's honor as a man of his word is intact. The pictures are well-controlled watercolor paintings in the pleasing colors of autumn: orange pumpkins and red barns set against the ochres and tans of fallow fields. Kelly includes the homey details of the late 19th century: water pump with a bucket hanging from the spout, kettles in a general store window, an oil lamp hanging over a dining table set with a meal of cornbread and beans. Clothes, boots, wagons, buildings?all display the artist's concern for authenticity. Thoughtful teachers will quickly visualize many uses in a whole-language classroom for this outstanding title. Combine it with Donald Hall's perennial favorite, Ox-Cart Man (Viking, 1979).-- Ruth Semrau, formerly at Lovejoy School, Allen, TX

Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Ages 4-8. Set in the pioneer West at the turn of the century, this story begins when Hattie spies her first jack-o'-lantern in the general store. Pa has a whole field of pumpkins, so Hattie doesn't think there will be a problem in finding one to carve. But Pa has promised the Pumpkin Man from Piney Creek 100 pumpkins, and Pa is a man of his word. No surprises here, but little kids will like the comfortable ending, when the Pumpkin Man takes the one hundredth pumpkin he has purchased and carves Hattie a jack-o'-lantern. The pen-and-ink art is occasionally stiff, but there are some nice spreads warmed by autumnal colors. A recipe for pumpkin pie is included. Ilene Cooper

Reading level: Ages 4-8

School & Library Binding 
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company; 1st ed edition (September 1, 1995) 
Language: English 
ISBN: 068980315X 
Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 7.5 x 10.5 inches 
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces. 


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