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Oct 2025
8m 10s

Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night - by Anne Roc...

KeriAnne Jelinek for Sloth Dreams Books
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And so begins this timeless story of a treasured childhood tradition. Jack-o-lantern faces are drawn on paper in anticipation. Baskets of apples fill the air with the crisp, sweet smell of fall at the farmers' market. There a child finds a pumpkin that's not too big and not too small.


Soon it's carved (with mother's help, of course), and set outside to glow in the starry night.


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