Stumpkin
- Publisher
- Little Simon
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2024
- Category
- Halloween, Humorous Stories, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Recommended Age
- 4 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- p to 3
- Recommended Reading age
- 4 to 8
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781534413627
- Publish Date
- Jul 2018
- List Price
- $25.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781534413634
- Publish Date
- Jul 2018
- List Price
- $8.99 USD
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Board book
- ISBN
- 9781665959551
- Publish Date
- Jul 2024
- List Price
- $11.99
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Description
The beloved Halloween story about a stemless pumpkin who dreams of becoming a jack-o-lantern, from the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of A Hungry Lion, is now available in board book format!
Stumpkin is the most handsome pumpkin on the block. He’s as orange as a traffic cone! Twice as round as a basketball! He has no bad side! He’s the perfect choice for a Halloween jack-o-lantern.
There’s just one problem—Stumpkin has a stump, not a stem. And no one seems to want a stemless jack-o-lantern for their window.
As Halloween night approaches, more and more of his fellow pumpkins leave, but poor Stumpkin remains. Will anyone give Stumpkin his chance to shine?
About the author
Lucy Ruth Cummins is an author, an illustrator, and art director of children’s books. She has been happily paired with Jean Reidy for Truman, which was named a New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2019, and Sylvie. She also is the author-illustrator of A Hungry Lion, or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals; Stumpkin; and Vampenguin. When she was little, she had a pet spider in the shed where her dad kept the lawnmower. Every day little Lucy caught flies and placed them in her spider’s web at mealtimes. Lucy was born in Montreal, raised in upstate New York, and lives with her little family in Brooklyn, New York.
Editorial Reviews
"Clear pictures and simple text pack an emotional punch for the revitalized misfit." - Booklist
"A perfect holiday read-aloud for city kids and country dwellers as well." - School Library Journal, starred review
"Brilliantly inventive." - Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A gentle story about differences, set within a popular holiday's traditions, with striking urban-based illustrations." - Shelf Awareness
