Eventually, Rebecca carved some of the pumpkins to attract her community, and was able to share all the pumpkin treats she had made. She decided to share the pumpkins with those that might be struggling. She tried to ignore the growing vines until she discovered that many pumpkins had grown in her yard. One day, a truck drove by and a giant pumpkin fell into Rebecca’s yard.įirst, she tried to bury it, but come spring it started to grow vines. On her farm, Rebecca grew many different vegetables, but no pumpkins.

As a result, Rebecca grew to hate pumpkins and never wanted to eat them again. As a child, Rebecca’s family did not have a lot of money and they had to eat pumpkin all the time. The story of Too Many Pumpkins is about a woman named Rebecca Estelle.

Visit our blog post specifically for this book: The Ugly Pumpkin Lesson Ideas and Teaching Activities Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White Students will love this rhyming story about a pumpkin that doesn’t know he is actually a squash. One day, the Ugly Pumpkin found his way into a garden and realized he was a squash! He found a group that looked just like him and he fit right in! In this happy ending, the ugly pumpkin, now a squash, enjoys a feast with his new family. As a result, he considers himself to be the ugly pumpkin and feels very lonely. No one will pick him up from the patch, he is kicked, and trees throw apples at him. He looks different than all the other pumpkins and is teased for the way he looks. The Ugly Pumpkin is a heartwarming story about a squash that thinks he is a pumpkin. Visit our blog post specifically for this book: The Runaway Pumpkin Lesson Ideas and Teaching Activities The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz Come dinner time, she places all sorts of food on the table and sets up the giant jack-o-lantern she has made. Once the pumpkin comes to a stop, the Baxters get excited about all the food that Granny can make from such a huge pumpkin. However, once they cut the stem the pumpkin starts to roll down the hillside almost into the Baxter farm! It crashes through the pig sty, knocks Grandpa Baxter for a loop and finally ends up resting in the bed that Poppa Baxter plows for it. In The Runaway Pumpkin, the Baxter boys find a huge pumpkin that they decide they need to have.

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