Christopher Pumpkin

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A witch is busy getting ready for her ghastly party, so she conjures for pumpkin minions to help her. Christopher Pumpkin tries to help the witch with her scary party but his sense of fun is far different from everyone else’s. Sue has been creating award-winning and bestselling picture books for over fifteen years and has worked on over seventy books. Make a collection of different sorts of shoes: high heels, trainers, sandals, babies booties - discuss pairs, sizes, fastenings (velcro, laces, buckles), heels. Puzzles make fun no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, unit or lesson plan supplements, sponge activities , introductions to new topics, classroom themes, and sub files.

Fans of Room on the Broom and How to Catch a Monster will love this creepy-cute tale about one pumpkin who must learn to embrace his differences when he realizes he's unlike the other pumpkins. Their creative brilliance soon led them to come up with a wealth of bestselling, award-winning picture books including Barry the Fish with Fingers, Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell, Supertato, and most recently the Laugh Out Loud Book Award–winning I Need a Wee. Christopher Pumpkin is delighted to be magicked to life by a witch - until he discovers she wants him and the other pumpkins to get her creepy castle ready for the spookiest party ever!Nick East is the illustrator of the bestselling TOTO THE NINJA CAT series, written by Dermot O'Leary. The last pumpkin, however, is Christopher – who has very different ideas of what makes a good party. The witch of Spooksville needs help preparing for her big scary party, so brings a set of pumpkins to life. One day the bad witch threatened him to change his kind character, to become scarrier than his current image.

I read this today to my class of 6 year olds and not only did they enjoy it, but many of them wanted to read it independently. It has fantastic illustrations and the story has a good message, be yourself and it will all work out.Reading for pleasure and children’s literature is a passion of mine so I hope that you enjoy this resources as much as I have enjoyed making it! Nick East is the illustrator of Goodnight Digger (and others in that series - Tractor, Pirate, and Princess, Santa, and Spaceman), among many other children's books published in the UK.