Pumpkin Fever

by Charnan Simon, Jan Bryan-Hunt (Illustrator)

- Fits national reading standards by linking images to the text to provide picture clues and introducing ageappropriate vocabulary.
- This series meets the Reading First initiative.
- The repetitive language, structure, and rhyming patterns help children decipher words.
- Word lists at the back of each book help build reading vocabularies.
Curriculum Grades K-4 Social Studies Standards
I
- Describe ways in which language, stories, folktales, music, and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture and influence behavior of people living in a particular culture.
Grades K-4 Science Standards
Physical II
- Objects have many observable properties, including size, weight, shape, color, temperature, and the ability to react with other substances.
Grades Pre-K-2 Mathematics/Geometry
- Recognize, name, build, draw, compare, and sort two-and three-dimensional shapes
- Investigate and predict the results of putting together and taking apart two-and three-dimensional shapes

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

40 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2006

Reviews

[Danette · Rating 3 out of 5]

6/7/18 Naomi read to Julia & me.

[Sim · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a simple fall read that would help teach kids their shapes, I like that there are little learning activities in the back

[Josiah · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a nice book about preparing for Halloween by picking out a pumpkin and getting it ready to be carved as a jack-o-lantern. Young readers will recognize differences and similarities to their own families' methods of choosing a perfect pumpkin, and will laugh at the spots of humor that dapple the story.

[Katie Fitzgerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read at Baby/Toddler Lap Time on 10/14/11: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid reader; I especially like the picture clues about what Mom is doing with her pumpkin. Great for making predictions.