Pumpkin Moonshine
by Tasha Tudor
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Book Summary Information
Author: Tasha TudorIllustrator: Tasha Tudor
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-09-01
ISBN: 0689828462
Number of pages: 40
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780689828461
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Pumpkin Moonshine
Book Review: Classic, darling Halloween book
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is darling. It's is a classic, non-scary Halloween tale with beautiful, timeless illustrations. The simple story is about a little girl picking a pumpkin, rolling it home, chasing it as it goes awry, and making a jack-o-lantern out of it. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because I think the "pumpkin moonshine" title (and some of the other language in the book) is slightly outdated. I didn't realize until the end what a "pumpkin moonshine" was-- it's a jack-o-lantern. I had only associated the word "moonshine" with liquor. If you read it to small children, the book may take a little extra explanation about how the words for things can change over time.
Summary of Pumpkin Moonshine
It's almost Halloween and little Sylvie Ann has found the biggest, fattest pumpkin. But before she can carve it into a giant, crooked-toothed pumpkin moonshine (or jack-o'Iantern), she has to get it home.
Halloween is coming, and Sylvie Ann wants to make a pumpkin moonshine (or jack-o'-lantern), so she sets out across her Grandmummy and Grandpawp's cornfields to find "the very finest and largest pumpkin." Once she finds it, the problem is how to get it home. This fine, large pumpkin is so big, Sylvie Ann can't carry it. So she rolls it across the field, like a snowball in winter, until she reaches the edge of the field where the ground slopes down. And suddenly, the pumpkin begins running away down the hill! Can Sylvie catch it before it frightens the goats, terrifies the hens, enrages the geese, and bumps into Mr. Hemmelskamp who is carrying a pail full of whitewash?
Those who don't know the denouement to this more than 60-year-old classic by two-time Caldecott Honor artist Tasha Tudor will not be surprised to find a happy ending to this exquisite, gentle story. Tudor's delicate orange-framed watercolors of a rural autumn and a bonneted little girl speak to a softer side of Halloween--one that is not overtaken by werewolves, blood, and gore, but is a reminder of the season in all its fresh abundance. Tasha Tudor has over 90 books to her credit, including The Dolls' Christmas and Caldecott Honor book, 1 Is One. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
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