cover image PUMPKIN JACK

PUMPKIN JACK

Will Hubbell, . . Albert Whitman/Prairie, $6.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-8075-6666-4

When a boy's carved pumpkin starts to rot, he places it in the garden and tends to it so that the next autumn yields pumpkins for everyone; PW called this a "wholesome post-holiday story [that] offers hope to kids who can't bear to throw away their jack-o'-lanterns." Ages 5-8. (Sept.)