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Highlights
- In brilliant images and an easy-to-understand text, Schwartz and Kuhn tell the story of what happens to a Jack O' Lantern after Halloween.
- Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nonfiction) 2016 4th Winner
- 8-9 Years
- 8.4" x 10.5" Hardcover
- 32 Pages
- Juvenile Nonfiction, Science & Nature
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About the Book
Compost won't mean the same thing after readers have seen the amazing transformation of Jack from grinning pumpkin to mold-mottled wreckage to hopeful green shoot. The story of decomposition is vividly told so that science comes to life (and death). Full color.Book Synopsis
In brilliant images and an easy-to-understand text, Schwartz and Kuhn tell the story of what happens to a Jack O' Lantern after Halloween. Compost won't mean the same thing after you've seen the amazing transformation of Jack from grinning pumpkin to mold-mottled wreckage to hopeful green shoot. Part story, part science, and a whole lot of fun.
From the Back Cover
This is a new kind of holiday book -- a Halloween book for November instead of October. It's a Halloween story with the theme of decomposition, a science book about the recycling of life, a photography book with pictures so detailed, fascinating and . . . well . . . gross, that it will captivate and engage even the most book-phobic of children. Written in the first person from the voices of all the characters involved (the pumpkin and its many visitors including mice, birds, insects, fungi, worms, slime molds, etc.), the narrative documents the fate of a familiar fruit as it rots into nothingness. . . and everything.Review Quotes
"An ecology lesson, an inspiration for readers' theater--or a compelling read all on its own."--starred, Kirkus Reviews
-- (3/12/2020 12:00:00 AM)"The inventive concept combines a Halloween theme with science that readers can easily replicate--if they have the stomach for it."--Publishers Weekly
-- (3/12/2020 12:00:00 AM)"Who says the scariest Halloween books for kids are strictly fictional? With Rotten Pumpkin you've all the thrills of a typical horror story, laden with facts along the way."--School Library Journal
-- (3/12/2020 12:00:00 AM)About the Author
David Schwartz is the author of over 50 math and science books, including many popular titles such as How Much is a Million?, G is for Googol and If You Hopped Like a Frog. His math and science presentations have delighted students in over 1,000 schools in almost every state and many foreign countries. With Dwight Kuhn, David produced Where in the Wild? Camouflaged Creatures Concealed and Revealed, which won the SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Literature and the Animal Behavior Society's Outstanding Children's Book Award. He lives in Oakland, CA. Dwight Kuhn has illustrated more than 140 children's books on nature and biology with his brilliant photographs. His images have also appeared in major magazines and textbooks. Dwight was one of ten photographers featured in Susan Rayfield's Wildlife Photography: The Art and Technique of Ten Masters. He lives in Maine.