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Find out how a seed becomes a pumpkin!

Describes how pumpkins come in different shapes and sizes, how they grow, and their traditional uses and cultural significance. Includes instructions for carving a pumpkin and drying the seeds.

"As the sun sets on summer, there's no need to be sad. Fall is here, and it's time to carve some gourds! But pumpkins aren't just for teenagers to smash on Halloween--there are a multitude of uses for this versatile produce, and Oh My Gourd! is your go-to gourd guide, with how-to-carve step-by-step instructions, 20 pumpkin recipes, 9 other uses for pumpkins and gourds, and 2 pumpkin carving stencils. Get back to the basics with a handy step-by-step...

"Bring these comforting, relaxing, healthy recipes to the plates, bowls, and mugs of your home this year. The beginning of fall brings buzz and excitement around all things pumpkin. From the huggable lattes we eagerly await all year to the homemade roasted pumpkin seeds whipped up after carving a jack-o-lantern on Halloween to the first (or third) slice of pie during the holidays, theres a place for pumpkin in everyones heart. In her new cookbook,...

While Peter carefully tends a special pumpkin on his grandparents' farm, quiet Meg watches from her new home next door.

In a world where 'the only good pumpkins are round pumpkins,' Spookley the square pumpkin is shunned by the other pumpkins until a storm threatens the patch. As the storm rages, Spookley realizes there are times it's better to be a square!

Once, after a bountiful pumpkin harvest, as four brothers dispose of unneeded seeds, the seeds suddenly go flying with the wind and cover the town below, but the brothers think nothing more about it.

A lonely, oddly-shaped pumpkin is sad that no one chose him for Halloween, but by Thanksgiving he has discovered where he belongs.

Describes a variety of vegetables.

Simple text and photgraphs explain the life cycle of pumpkins.