Too Many Pumpkins, Linda White
Too Many Pumpkins, Linda White
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Too Many Pumpkins

Author: Linda White

Narrator: Larry Robinson

Unabridged: 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Published: 02/01/2016


Synopsis

Baked, stewed, or mashed, pumpkins remind Rebecca Estelle of the Great Depression when that was all her family had to eat. When an enormous pumpkin falls off a truck and smashes in her yard, Rebecca Estelle devises a clever way to get rid of the unwanted crop that sprouts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on October 29, 2019

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

Goodreads review by Lisa on October 05, 2009

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

Goodreads review by Annie ⚜️ on October 07, 2020

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

Goodreads review by Abigail on October 13, 2018

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

Goodreads review by Crystal on December 29, 2010

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