In the fall, pumpkins are everywhere. They are heavy, round, and orange. How did they get that way? Beginning readers will discover how a little pumpkin seed turns into a vine that forms flowers and then pumpkins in clear, simple steps in this basic introduction to plant development. Each 24-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The clear text, fresh design, and colorful, eye-catching...

Many people use pumpkins for fall decorating. But pumpkin is also delicious in soup, pasta, muffins, and of course pies! See how pumpkins grow, learn what is inside of pumpkins, make pumpkin soup, and create a pumpkin squirrel feeder.

Rhyming text and photographs follow a pumpkin patch as it grows and changes, from seeds to plants to pumpkins ready to harvest, to jack-o-lanterns and then to seeds again.

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces how pumpkins grow to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--