Pumpkin Cat

10 best books like Pumpkin Cat (Anne Mortimer): Ten Orange Pumpkins: A Counting Book, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, Big Pumpkin, Scaredy-Cat, Splat!, Pumpkin Trouble, By the Light of the Halloween Moon, How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?, Scary, Scary Halloween, The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin, In the Middle of Fall

Ten Orange Pumpkins: A Counting Book

Author	Stephen Savage
ISBN	0803739389

"Spooktacular"  -- Daily Candy

"Savage’s spirited rhymes (no pun intended) make this an ideal readaloud for younger Halloween celebrants."          --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The landscapes Savage creates… have a softness and gentle humor that will capture...

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

Author	Linda Williams
ISBN	0064431835

“A splendiferous Halloween story.” — The Horn Book

“A great purchase for Halloween or any time of year.” — School Library Journal (starred review)

Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the...

Big Pumpkin

Author	Erica Silverman
ISBN	0689801297

A little bat uses brains over brawn in this not-so-scary Halloween picture book.

The witch has grown the biggest pumpkin ever, and now she wants to make herself a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But the pumpkin is so big she can't get it off the vine.

It’s so big the ghost can’t move it,...

Scaredy-Cat, Splat!

Author	Rob Scotton
ISBN	0061177601

It's Halloween, and Splat is determined to be the scariest cat in the class. Unfortunately he's just too much of a scaredy-cat. He's afraid of a little spider, and everyone says his costume looks more silly than scary. And when Mrs. Wimpydimple tells a ghost story in the dark, Splat gets so frightened...

Pumpkin Trouble

Author	Jan Thomas
ISBN	0061692840

Booklist (September 1, 2011 (Vol. 108, No. 1))

Preschool-Kindergarten. This is a typical Thomas tale, and fortunately so. With a shiny, chartreuse and azure color palette; thickly outlined, simple shapes; and quick, word-bubble dialogue, she tells the spare, silly story of the crazy confusion...

By the Light of the Halloween Moon

Author	Caroline Stutson
ISBN	0140553053

A series of creatures, from a black cat to a witch, a ghoul to a ghost, each attempt to tickle or prick the tapping toe hanging down from a dock in this entertaining Halloween picture-book. As one after the other is foiled by the next creature, they eventually attract the attention of the toe-owner - a fiddle-playing...

How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?

Author	Wendell Minor
ISBN	0399246843

Every year, giant pumpkin contests take place at fairs across the country—the 2012 record-holder weighed over a ton! The latest craze is to carve the most enormous pumpkins into racing boats. But what’s next? Why not think really big? Award-winning artist Wendell Minor does just that as he imagines...

Scary, Scary Halloween

Author

Eve Bunting

A beginner book for young kids told in rhyme. It’s told from someone’s point of view about the dangers of going out on Halloween with all the ‘monsters’. We see kids dressed up as different ghouls. The end is revealed who is speaking. It’s a nice surprise who it is.

I saw Jan Brett’s...

The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin

Author	Margaret Wise Brown
ISBN	0064435342

From beloved children’s book author Margaret Wise Brown and Caldecott Medalist Richard Egielski comes an enchanting Halloween tale!

A fat little, round little, yellow little pumpkin dreams of growing up to be fierce and frightening, just like the scarecrow in the field. Then one day in...

In the Middle of Fall

Author

Kevin Henkes

In the Middle of Fall is the type of book Kevin Henkes and his wife, the fine artist Laura Dronzek, work together on best: a simple, spare story celebrating nature's glories through understated words and paintings. Autumn is perhaps the most sensuous of the four seasons. Brightly hued leaves clinging...

Mouse's First Halloween

Author	Lauren Thompson
ISBN	0689855842

Now perhaps author Lauren Thompson's presented message that one need not be worried about and frightenend of everything (of so many things) is an important lesson to be learned by young Mouse (and indeed by everyone). However, and logically speaking, considering that bats and kittens do indeed both...

Stumpkin

Author	Lucy Ruth Cummins
ISBN	1534413626

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. He’s as orange as a traffic cone! Twice as round as a basketball! He has...