Too Many Pumpkins

We meet Rebecca who loves to garden. She grows a little of everything accept pumpkins; she hates pumpkins. (How dare she.) One day a pumpkin truck driving by has a pumpkin role off the truck. Well, Rebecca hates them so much she doesn’t want to touch them. So she buries it. The next spring vines beg......more

This is a terrific picture book with wonderful illustrations and a touching story. The story is about an old woman named Rebecca Estelle who had been so poor as a child that for one entire month all she’d had to eat was pumpkins, and now she avoids them at all costs until… She’s overwhelmed with pum......more

I loved this book. Delightful story and message.......more

Forced to eat nothing but pumpkin as a child, during the Great Depression, Rebecca Estelle grew up to hate the gourd-like squash, refusing to grow it in her garden, or eat any dish in which it featured as an ingredient. But when a pumpkin fell off the back of a truck, and the seeds (which she determ......more

My library finally got in a copy of Too Many Pumpkins. This is another winner with my daughter who just adores pumpkins after learning about them this past Halloween. A wonderful read aloud story! This story is about a little old lady named Rebecca Estelle who ate way too many pumpkins as a child be......more