Synopsis An elderly woman named Rebecca hates pumpkins because they remind her of the Great Depression when she and her family had nothing to eat but pumpkins. When an enormous pumpkin falls off a truck and smashes in her front yard, Rebecca covers up the pieces with dirt and forgets about them. However, the seeds from the pumpkin turn her yard into a pumpkin garden, and Rebecca finds herself, once again, surrounded by pumpkins. Color illustrations accompany the text.
Rebecca Estelle, an old woman who has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl and her family had nothing else to eat, finds herself with a full crop of them.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-09-01 | | Illustrator: | Megan Lloyd | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 10.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 4.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Rebecca Estelle had been forced to eat many pumpkins when she was a girl, so when a huge pumpkin falls off the back of a truck, she quickly buries it so that she does not even see it, but by autumn the seeds grow into a pumpkin patch that is soon out of control until she decides to give them away.
Industry Reviews "In watercolor and inks, Megan Lloyd's bright orange pumpkins and their leafy green vines are a harvest joy to see, and the cantankerous Rebecca Estelle is the jolliest old biddy around." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Janice M. Del Negro (12/19/1996)
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