It was spot-on that when the smile caved in it really does look funny. The author described the pumpkin wrinkling and the smile looking silly, and the illustrator showed it caved in and we've all been there, seeing the stages of the pumpkin rotting. Tim felt that when Jack had to be taken out into the garden that it was better than a trash can, and that's a very sentimental and thoughtful idea that I probably would have had myself! He felt bad to leave Jack outside alone and that's exactly how I think. I knew what the author was talking about to have Tim describe it as being almost like magic. This kid thought so much of his pumpkin that he named it, which is something I've never done.

It really is depressing to say bye to a creation like that and I always have been an extremely sentimental person who felt sorry for inanimate objects and things. I remember as a kid being sad that the pumpkins didn't last long and seeing the jack o'lantern deteriorate and have to be thrown out in the woods and no longer lit. Obviously from the cover I knew it was going to be about a decomposing pumpkin and going through the stages of making a pumpkin into a jack o'lantern and then watching it rot.

I remember as a kid being sad that the pumpkins didn't last long and seeing the jack o'lantern deteriorate and ha This started out cute and based on the first 10 pages or so I expected it to be a good read, but then it branched off in a different direction that I didn't expect and it kind of went downhill for me from there. This started out cute and based on the first 10 pages or so I expected it to be a good read, but then it branched off in a different direction that I didn't expect and it kind of went downhill for me from there. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. It's not an especially memorable story but it's a good one for children starting to ask about the life cycle or having trouble parting with their own pumpkins!. (Yeah, it's a little gross!) But, come spring, a tiny shoot of green appears-and it grows into a pumpkin plant, eventually giving him many years of pumpkins. When the little boy's beloved jack-o-lantern starts to get moldy, he has to put it out in the dead garden. It's not an especially memorable story but it's a good one for children starting to ask about the life cycle or h More than a Halloween story, this is really the 'circle of life' pumpkin-style.

More than a Halloween story, this is really the 'circle of life' pumpkin-style. It frustrated him and he enjoys pumpkins. “I know a pumpkin vine grows pumpkins’, he said, ‘why do we have to watch it in the story?” “This story stinks,” he said and slammed it with 1 star. All this to say, that for a boy who lives in the moment, looking at something that takes a year to complete is boring for him and he told me so. He watches Netflix and when he does see a commercial on Youtube, it drives him crazy. Waiting for something is not in his nature right now. He is thirsty and there is a national emergency and he is screaming for water, now. He expects things in the moment he is in. My little nephew is not a patient person. The molded pumpkin picture was quite gross. This is a great story for the changing seasons and the circle of life. He nourishes this vine and watches it grow until he can carve his new pumpkin. He does notice a new green shoot and he knows it’s a new pumpkin vine. Seasons change and when the snow melts, not much is left of the pumpkin. Well, it starts to smell bad and the boy has to set it out in the garden where he watches it decompose. The molded pumpkin A boy carves a pumpkin that becomes a friend. A boy carves a pumpkin that becomes a friend.

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