Stumpkin

(Hardback)

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From the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of A Hungry Lion comes a unique Halloween story about a stemless pumpkin who dreams of becoming a jack-o-lantern.

Stumpkin is the most handsome pumpkin on the block. Hes as orange as a traffic cone! Twice as round as a basketball! He has no bad side! Hes perfect choice for a Halloween jack-o-lantern.

Theres just one problemStumpkin has a stump, not a stem. And no one seems to want a stemless jack-o-lantern for their window.

As Halloween night approaches, more and more of his fellow pumpkins leave, but poor Stumpkin remains. Will anyone give Stumpkin his chance to shine

Reviews

"A perfect holiday read-aloud for city kids and country dwellers as well." -School Library Journal,starred review
"Clear pictures and simple text pack an emotional punch for the revitalized misfit." -Booklist
"Agentle story about differences, set within a popular holiday's traditions, with striking urban-based illustrations." -Shelf Awareness
"Brilliantly inventive." -Publishers Weekly,starred review

Author Bio

Lucy Ruth Cummins is an author, an illustrator, and art director of childrens books. She has been happily paired with Jean Reidy forTruman, which was namedaNew York TimesBest Childrens Book of 2019, andSylvie.She also is the author-illustrator ofA Hungry Lion, or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals;Stumpkin;Vampenguin; andOur Pool. When she was little, she had a pet spider in the shed where her dad kept the lawnmower. Every day little Lucy caught flies and placed them in her spiders web at mealtimes. Lucy was born in Montreal, raised in upstate New York, and lives with her little family in Brooklyn, New York.