Unpicked - by Andy Harkness (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Gordy was the only pumpkin in the patch not perfect enough to decorate a porch.

And he's not happy about it.
Not one little bit.

When colorful and lumpy Gordy is not chosen to line a perfect little house on a perfect neighborhood . . . he feels mad and bad and sad . . . all at once. These big feelings grow inside him until Gordy, too, starts to grow, bigger and bigger.

Gordy rips his roots from the ground and tears through town trying to get answers. It's not fair that he wasn't chosen when everyone else was.

This funny, touching story is for anyone who ever felt left out and for all the people who make us feel chosen.

About the Author

ANDY HARKNESS is a children's book author and illustrator. His most recent solo works, WOLFBOY and its sequel, WOLFBOY IS SCARED, were published by Bloomsbury, and KISSES FROM SPACE (Random House), which he illustrated, was co-authored by Keri Vasek and Astronaut Anna Menon, who recently read the book from space on a Polaris Dawn mission. He also has another forthcoming picture book with Bloomsbury. Andy's creative passions were sparked long ago by a second-grade assignment to write and illustrate a story. An accomplished animation production designer, he spent twenty-five years at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios, involved in films from The Lion King to Moana. Today, Andy works at Skydance Animation Studios as a production designer on an upcoming series for Apple TV+.