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| Pumpkin Eye | 
| Author: Denise Fleming
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 696030
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 10.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0805066810
EAN: 9780805066814
ASIN: 0805066810
Publication Date: September 1, 2001
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Amazon.com Review
All the glorious, spooky, swoopy delights of Halloween congregate on one street for one perfectly bone-chilling night in Caldecott Honor artist Denise Fleming's splendid Pumpkin Eye. Gorgeous, thick pulp paintings depict jack-o'-lanterns, bats, dragons, and toothless hags, while clever, memorable rhymes capture the very essence of Halloween: "Trick or treat-- / pounding feet, / wretched witches / roam the street." Fleming's evocative language and imagery fill the pages with clacking bones, blood red nails, muffled moans, eerie shadows, and the burning wicks of candlesticks. Her unusual illustrations, made by pouring colored cotton fiber through hand-cut stencils, are just right for the subject matter, lending a thick, dark, mysterious quality to the trick-or-treaters, moonlit night, and close-up pumpkins. This is another stupendous picture book from the creator of the Caldecott Honor Book In the Small, Small Pond, as well as The Everything Book, Mama Cat Has Three Kittens, and many others. Pure, blood-curdling delight. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
Product Description
A Halloween story with just the right amount of spookiness for preschoolers.Trick or treat,pounding feet,jack o'lanternsline the street.It's Halloween night! The rising moon lights the way for trick-or-treaters and sets the mood for a spooky celebration where imagination rules.Award-winning author/artist Denise Fleming turns her talents to every child's favorite holiday.
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Fleming's Pumpkin Eye is an eye pleaser! December 2, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Denise Fleming's Pumpkin Eye is a wonderful book for pre-schoolers and early elementary children. Her pulp paintings are very unique. Her work is often compared to that of Eric Carle's. In this book the author uses simple rhymes to describe the various aspects that create Halloween. On each double page spread there is a rhyming couplet. Fleming's writing encourages the reader in indulge in all the excitement and spookiness of this particular night. These include the sights and sounds of the holiday. Fleming sets a mysterious mood in the beginning of the book by describing the rising moon. Next she describes pumpkin eyes, candlesticks, pounding feet, and jack-o-lanterns lining the street. There are also spirits spilling down the hill and dragons and unicorns walking around. Every couple of pages begin with the words "Trick-O-Treat"! Also there are images of eyes throughout the whole story. For example, on some pages there are cat eyes in the illustrations and on others there are pumpkin "eyes", and the startled expressions in children's eyes. In addition, the author creates an eerie mood by describing the dark shadows, swooping bats, hissing cats, tattered rags, toothless hags, pointed tails, and blood-red nails. The suspense builds as the reader reads about witches and skeletons filling the street. Fleming uses onomatopoeia repeatedly. For example, trick-o-treaters hear wolves howling, clacking bones, muffled moans, and hearts thumping. These sounds and feelings make the reader feel like they are in the street trick-o-treating themselves. Pumpkin Eye encourages the imagination to run wild!
This book would be perfect to get young children in the mood to do Halloween art activities. Students could make their own Halloween masks. Paper plates, crayons and markers, scissors, construction paper, and elastic bands are some materials that could be used in the construction of these masks. The children could also make their own trick-or-treat bags to go along with their masks. Grocery or shopping bags could be used. Students could make handles for their bags using ribbons. These activities could give students a chance to express their creativity.
I liked this book a lot. Fleming does a great job creating a festive mood! I could easily imagine walking through the streets on Halloween and seeing all the mysterious sights. The text in the book seems to jump off the page. For example, the pictures are dark and the text is big and white. The vivid descriptions are excellent and the illustrations represent the Halloween theme well. This book would be great for a holiday theme read aloud.
 Pumpkin Eye November 11, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a great Halloween tale for younger students. The illustrations are wonderful and catch the attention of the reader. The twist at the end is really fun for children. I work in an elementary school and have had a lot of fun watching the students react to the colorful characters and silly storyline.
Trick or Treat October 4, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Caldecott Honor artist, Denise Fleming, has truly outdone herself with this spooky and mysterious celebration of Halloween. From eerie shadows, swooping bats and clacking bones, to wretched witches, hissing cats and muffled moans, her evocative, simple, rhyming text, full of imagery and magic, sets the mood and is beautifully complemented by her bold, expressive, larger-than-life artwork. Young imaginations will soar as they read this wonderful picture book and pore over all the special details on each page. Perfect for youngsters 4-8, Pumpkin Eye really captures the very essence of Halloween night and is sure to get all young ghosts and goblins ready for seasonal fun. "Trick or treat/Pounding feet/Halloween has found our street!"
WHO CAN RESIST THE MAGIC OF HALLOWE'EN! September 19, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think there is still a little kid that lurks deep inside all of us. The cover of this children's book caught my eye as I roamed through my favourite book store. It was just too impossible to resist; a little peek, who will see? I picked up the book and actually did not put it down until the end. From bats and dragons to a harvest moon and orange pumpkins, children will love the colour and verse of this simplistic yet creative book. When you take a look at the enchantment of this delightful book, you will realize the wonders of childhood that we truly miss. Children will love the way the book is illustrated with rich colours and eye-catching orange pumpkins!
A Treat for Little Spooks September 10, 2001
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
As a children's librarian, I am always on the lookout for those special books to add to my collection of story time treats. "Pumpkin Eye" caught my eye the moment I opened its covers. Short, catchy text, bright, attention getting illustrations and, best of all considering my intended audience is an impressionable eight years and under, just the gentlest touch of spookiness. I can hardly wait to share it with the children.
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