How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow

A fun fall pumpkin story that takes you around the U.S. I like this book for a few reason...1. It makes a cute story for even younger children, 2. It has bold vocabulary words for you to tie in with perhaps a writing lesson (such as Immense, Astronomical, Stupendous), 3. and the pumpkins in this book take us to different monuments throughout the US and at the end there is a list of all of them with more information. This is a great book for a variety of ages in the library.

Every year, giant pumpkin contests take place at fairs across the country—the 2012 record-holder weighed over a ton! The latest craze is to carve the most enormous pumpkins into racing boats. But what’s next? Why not think really big? Award-winning artist Wendell Minor does just that as he imagines larger-than-life pumpkins decorating some of America’s favorite places—as immense as the Capitol dome, Mount Rushmore, the Brooklyn Bridge, even the Grand Canyon! This celebration of famous landmarks and landscapes plays with concepts of size and scale and is full of fun facts.