Comments on: a harvest of great books

By: Gricel

Gricel — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:04:43 +0000

Ray Bradbury’s The Halloween Tree. It provides a nice overview of the different Halloween traditions. I also remember watching an animated movie based on this book when I was a kid; I used to love watching it every year

By: a salute to tasha tudor and a list of fall books | sophistimom

a salute to tasha tudor and a list of fall books | sophistimom — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:28:40 +0000

[...] are some of the books you all listed for our harvest of great books dialogue: The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams Max’s Halloween [...]

By: Briana

Briana — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:12:34 +0000

Here is a list of my 2nd grade class’ favorites:
Spookley the Square Pumpkin
Boo! by Robert Munsch
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
Shake Dem Halloween Bones
Big Pumpkin (if you can get the CD/tape that goes with it I’d definitely recommend it!!)

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:27:14 +0000

Hi, I just found your site through food gawker. I love great food and children’s literature so here I am and I thought I’d chime in on a few fun ones…Humbug Witch by Lorna Balian for Halloween, and Sometimes it’s turkey, sometimes it’s feathers for Thanksgiving,by the same author.We also love Frank was a monster who wanted to dance and The littlest pumpkin.

By: Meg

Meg — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:46:38 +0000

The Spooky Old Tree by the Berenstains

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:52:52 +0000

One of our favorite books at the preschool where I used to teach was “Big Pumpkin”. It’s fun when you read it but the best version is an audio one where the story is sung. By Thanksgiving our children can sing most of it. I also like “Pumpkin Moonshine” and “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything”.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:32:37 +0000

It looks like a lot of you like The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. We like that one, too!
Has anyone heard of Pumpkin Moonshine by Tasha Tudor? I remember it from when I was a little girl.

By: Lori W

Lori W — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:54:41 +0000

What a great treasure of books!
I have an obsession with children’s picture books! and have collected several for each holiday/season. They only come out at that season and I’m always so happy to see them.
My favorite Autumn/Halloween books are “The Little old Lady” that several people have named, but an even better book by the same lady (Linda White, is called “Too Many Pumpkins” I think that you may especially like it since you want a pumpkin patch. (A passion which I share – enough to have a degree in Horticulture!! This year my garden consisted of only pumpkins but the bugs loved them more and got all but four.) The story is about a woman that hates pumpkins but accidentally ends up with a yard full of them. This is a must have book for the season!
My second favorite book is “Barn Dance” by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault. It’s about a farm boy that sneaks out at night and dances in the barn with the scarecrow and all the animals. It’s LOVELY! I love to read it with a southern accent and make my children laugh!
Enjoy your cool afternoons cuddled up on the couch with your little ones! It’s much more fun than doing dishes!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:50:13 +0000

Oh, and by the way The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my all time favorites!!!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:47:53 +0000

I looove the fall and Halloween, this time is my favorite! I also agree with Beth, and Halloweiner is a winner! I love it, and although I’m 22 and not a mom yet (hope I’m still welcome here!) I have many nieces and nephews, and they all love when I read them this book. I just discovered your site and I love it and its part of my feeds now. Also I made those smores bars you posted the other day and they were terrific! Very easy and delicious! Thank you =)