This list features the EASIEST books featuring Pumpkins. These little pre-primers can be used as part of Halloween or Fall studies.
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The Little Runawayby Margaret Hillert
3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
Not strictly about pumpkins. I'm including this cute little book because it's a cute story
that features a big pumpkin on the cover and it's a super-easy
pre-primer about a little orange kitten who scampers away from his/her
mommy.
Here's some sample text:
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Come here, little one.
Come here to me.
No, no.
I want to go away.
Here I go.
One, two, three.
The kitten then has lots of adventures. It
plays with a hose and sees a mole. It sees Mallard ducks flying in
formation. It plays in fall leaves and ouch! gets bonked on the head
by a ripe apple that falls from a tree. The first misadventure comes
when orange kitten falls into the pool while admiring a fish. His
spirits are bolstered though when he/she watches a squirrel gathering
nuts.
Work, work, work.
You can work.
I see you work.
When the squirrel won't stop and play, the kitten has his second misadventure when he finds a scary pumpkin on the front steps.
Oh, oh, oh.It all ends well, of course, with momma and baby reunited.
Where is my mother?
Help, help.
This is a very good example of where you see Margaret's experience as a first grade teacher shining brightly. This book is not only an excellent beginning reader, but it can also be tied into a study of colors and the seasons.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 196
[45 pre-primer words]
Page Count: 28
Accelerated Reader: 0.5 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 9382
It's Fall, Dear Dragon by Margaret Hillert
A boy meets his pet dragon after school to rake and jump in leaves, carve a pumpkin, and enjoy a pretty fall day.
I have to go to school
You cannot come with me.
I will come out.
Word Count: 232
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 0.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 132594
It's Halloween, Dear Dragonby Margaret Hillert
3.44 avg rating — 18 ratings
A
boy and his pet dragon play in the autumn leaves, make a
jack-o-lantern, eat pumpkin pie, dress in costumes and go
trick-or-treating. Includes word list.
Look up here.
Do you see what I see?
Something red.
Something yellow
Word Count: 270
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 0.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 9375
Lexile: BR
by Jan Thomas
3.96 avg rating — 200 ratings
This
is a colorful book feature duck and his friends. The story is goofy
and kid-friendly. Duck is carving a pumpkin when he falls in and gets a
bit stuck. She/he tries to get help but ends up stead giving a little
scare to his/her friends.
Word Count: 103
Page Count: 40
Accelerated Reader: 0.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 158750
Lexile: GN190L
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Jack-O-Lanternsby Lola Schaefer
3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
Simple
text is alternated with colorful photographs present the features of
jack-o-lanterns and the different kinds of faces that they can have.
First parts of the face are listed, and then emotions are demonstrated,
as carved pumpkins are happy, sad, scary, and funny.
sample text from 2 pages
A jack-o-lanterns has two eyes.
A jack-o-lanterns has a nose.
Table of Contents
Eyes
Nose
Mouth
Faces
Glowing
Note to Parents and Teachers
Words to Know
Read More
Internet Sites
Index/Word List
Word Count: 48
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reading level: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 34545
Lexile: 510L
- Publisher: Capstone Press
- ISBN-10: 0736881069
compiled by Pam
revised September 2013
