Rotten Pumpkin - Hardcover

Schwartz, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1939547032 ISBN 13: 9781939547033

Publisher: Creston Books, 2013

Synopsis

In brilliant images and an easy-to-understand text, Schwartz and Kuhn tell the story of what happens to a Jack O' Lantern after Halloween. Compost won't mean the same thing after you've seen the amazing transformation of Jack from grinning pumpkin to mold-mottled wreckage to hopeful green shoot. Part story, part science, and a whole lot of fun.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This is a new kind of holiday book — a Halloween book for November instead of October. It's a Halloween story with the theme of decomposition, a science book about the recycling of life, a photography book with pictures so detailed, fascinating and . . . well . . . gross, that it will captivate and engage even the most book-phobic of children. Written in the first person from the voices of all the characters involved (the pumpkin and its many visitors including mice, birds, insects, fungi, worms, slime molds, etc.), the narrative documents the fate of a familiar fruit as it rots into nothingness. . . and everything.

About the Author:

David Schwartz is the author of over 50 math and science books, including How Much is a Million?, G is for Googol, and If You Hopped Like a Frog. His math and science presentations have delighted students across the globe. He lives in Oakland, CA.

Dwight Kuhn has illustrated more than 140 children's books on nature and biology with his brilliant photographs. His images have also appeared in major magazines and textbooks. He lives in Maine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Creston Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1939547032
• ISBN 13: 9781939547033
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32