Movie:  It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown    

Description:  Will this Halloween be the one when the Great Pumpkin comes? Longtime believer Linus thinks so, and keeps watch all night in the pumpkin patch to welcome him. Charlie Brown gets into the spooky spirit too, dressing up as a ghost with more eyeholes than needed, but not scaring up the usual kinds of Halloween loot when trick-or-treating. Never fear, World War I fighting ace Snoopy is here to battle the Red Baron, and in doing so, crash Violet’s Halloween party and Linus’ vigil as well. Your whole family will be glad it crashed this party. Good grief, you can’t help but have a happy Halloween!

Readalikes for Families

Appeals: Humor, Friendship, Halloween, Seasons

Readalikes

Five Little Pumpkins by Mantle, Ben 

WorldCat’s Description:  Presents an illustrated version of the popular finger rhyme about the adventures of five little pumpkins that are supposed to be sitting on a gate, but instead enjoy a wild and wacky Halloween. On board pages. Presents an illustrated version of the popular finger rhyme about the adventures of five little pumpkins that are supposed to be sitting on a gate, but instead enjoy a wild and wacky Halloween. 

Crossover Appeal: Halloween, Family

Pumpkins by Robbins, Ken 

Amazon’s Description: From late summer to Thanksgiving, pumpkins are everywhere, a symbol of fall and a reminder of the holidays to come. In this handsome book, Ken Robbins–widely known for his sumptuous photo-essays on subjects ranging from trucks to tools to autumn leaves–portrays the pumpkin from seed, to sprout, to flower, to fully fledged fruit, and back again. Instructions are given to (safely) carve a jack-o’-lantern. As always in a book by Ken Robbins, a simple–but never simplisitc–text is accompanied by luscious photographs.

Crossover Appeal:Seasons, Pumpkins

Apples and Pumpkins by Rockwell, Anne F, Rockwell, Lizzy  

WorldCat’s Description:  In preparation for Halloween night, a family visits Mr. Comstock’s farm to pick apples and pumpkins

Crossover Appeal: Halloween, Family,

 

Penguin and Pumpkin by  Yoon, Salina   

WorldCat ‘s Description:  Curious about what fall’s like in places that aren’t always white, Penguin and his friends fly to a pumpkin farm and bring back a surprise for Penguin’s brother Pumpkin, who couldn’t come with them.

Crossover Appeal:  Friendship, Seasons 

 

 

Pumpkin Day! by Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth  

WorldCat ‘s Description:  A bunny family picks pumpkins at a local farm and learns pumpkin facts in the process.

Crossover Appeal: Family, Halloween, Seasons