Halloween is coming to Tinker{u2019}s Cove, Maine, and local reporter Lucy Stone is covering the town{u2019}s annual Giant Pumpkin Fest for the Pennysaver. There{u2019}s the pumpkin-boat regatta, the children{u2019}s Halloween party, the pumpkin weigh-in{u2026}even a contest where home-built catapults hurl pumpkins at an old Dodge! But not everything goes quite as planned.

Learn how pumpkims grow from tiny seeds to big pumpkins.

A compendium of three Berenstain Bears Halloween tales includes The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat, The Berenstain Bears and the Ghost of the Forest and The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin.

"When he moves to Florida, Luke misses autumns in Maine and decides to build and engineer a pumpkin catapult for the local park to help them recycle leftover jack-o'-lanterns"--

"The air is cold, the nights are long, and Halloween is just around the corner. This is the time of year when pumpkins fly! In the remote, fly-in community of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, the last cargo flight of October brings some strange orange guests for the children. Seeing a pumpkin for the first time, the local kids eagerly carve and light their first jack-o-lantern. But when everyone adjourns to the community hall for the Halloween dance, the pumpkin...

Andy Shane, with help from Grandma Webb and some marbles, tricks the people who keep stealing his friend Dolores Starbuckle's Halloween pumpkin. When pranksters ruin Dolores Starbuckle's perfectly good pumpkins, Andy Shane puts his trickiest plan to the test in this humorous, uplifting tale filled with Halloween fun. Andy Shane does not want to go to Dolores Starbuckle's birthday party. It's on the same day as Halloween! Plus, Dolores is always ordering...

Starting with a single seed in a child's hand and leading right through to a warm, nourishing meal, a counting book, which includes information about the life and culture of South Africa, offers up a story of the fruits of a communal effort.

Twelve-year-old Rose Brutigan has grown seven inches in the last eight months. She's always been different from her twin brother, Thomas, but now she towers over him in too many ways. The gap in their interests continues to widen as well. Musically talented Rose is focused on winning the upcoming Bach Cello Suites Competition, while happy-go-lucky Thomas has taken up the challenge of growing a giant pumpkin in the yard of their elderly neighbor, Mr....

In the aftermath of her husband's disappearance, Hannah Swensen throws herself into a baking frenzy for the sake of pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving-themed treats. P.K., Ross's assistant at KCOW-TV, has been driving Ross's car and using his desk at work-- and when P.K. is murdered, Hannah suspects that Ross was the real target. Now she'll have to sift through a cornucopia of clues to stop a killer from bringing another murder to the table.

Explores the history of Halloween from the holiday's Celtic origins over 2000 years ago to present-day celebrations, and provides spooky riddles and ideas for pumpkin art.