Genre
Halloween stories
Picture books for children
Tone
Upbeat
Subject
Apple
Autumn
Families
Farms
Girls
Halloween
Pumpkin

A young girl and her parents go to a local 'pick it yourself' farm in this simple picture-book for toddlers, and come home with a barrel of apples and the perfect pumpkin. The latter is transformed into a Jack-o-Lantern for Halloween, and the former are given out to trick-or-treaters on the big night...

Originally published in 1989, Apples and Pumpkins is a simple picture-book, with minimal text - a sentence or two per page - and bright, colorful artwork. It felt a little dated to me - my parents would not have allowed me to keep apples, or any other unwrapped item, after trick-or-treating, for fear they might have been tampered with - and was a little simplistic for my taste. That said, I do think it would make an appealing autumn/Halloween selection for younger, toddler-aged picture-book audiences. ( )

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