Apples and Pumpkins [Paperback]

Anne Rockwell (Author), Lizzy Rockwell (Illustrator)

Book Description

It is Fall! And for one little girl, that means the special joys of visiting the Comstock Farm: choosing the reddest apples from the trees and finding the best pumpkin in the patch.

Back home, she helps her mother carve a funny jack-o'-lantern face and puts a glowing candle inside her prize new pumpkin...just in time for Halloween and an evening of lots of "trick or treats"!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The combination of words and pictures is just right."

-- "Horn Book"

About the Author

Anne Rockwell has written numerous books for children, including At the Beach and The First Snowfall, both illustrated by Harlow Rockwell. She lives in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.

Lizzy Rockwell, Anne's daughter, has illustrated several books written by her mother. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689718616
• ISBN-13: 978-0689718618
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,079,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( R ) > Rockwell, Anne

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Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful seasonal story for young children!, October 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Apples and Pumpkins (Paperback)

My 4 year old class really enjoyed this story and the cooking activities we did as follow up. The illustration is beautiful and the prose is appealing to young ears.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for fall!, November 2, 2005

By 

Lori Gentry "library leader" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apples and Pumpkins (Hardcover)

I read the Big Book version of this with my primary classes, accompanied with the audio, and they really enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun just before Halloween. They liked the fall colors. It was pretty and colorful. It is not a "baby" book as it is classified, but is appropriate for kindergarten or first grade.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Family focused simple story about the Autumn Season, September 12, 2006

By 

christinemm - The Thinking Mother (Houston Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apples and Pumpkins (Paperback)

A simple story about things that a family can do in autumn. Depicts apple picking with the family at an apple farm, pumpkin picking, and carving a jack-o-lantern. The last three pages feature trick or treating with the children dressed as: pirate, ghost, queen and a devil.

This is a short story with illustrations going across both pages, bright colors, hand drawn.

This book has a low word count and is for very young children, from toddlers through age five or perhaps even six. This is perfect for use by Preschool, Kindergarten teachers and homeschoolers when the teacher wants to read books about the autumn season. Of course it is also good for parents to read to children.

I enjoyed that the book was family focused and about a family doing things together, versus just talking about apples and pumpkins.