Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Following up on the creative duo's Ten Monkey Jamboree, gourds tumble and jumble in the rhyme-filled Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins by Dianne Ochiltree, illus. by Anne-Sophie Lanquetin. Young Sam (a raccoon-cum-lemur creature) helps Gramps by collecting the harvest-though the pumpkins soon get out of control, careening through the full-bleed spreads. Rather than crying over split pumpkins, they set to baking pies instead. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-Sam, a raccoon, tours the pumpkin patch at harvest time, hoping to fill her wagon for Gramps. Peeking under vines for the fruit, she quickly counts her way from one to two to four, and then adds four more to her load. Now, "Eight pumpkins thunk-clunk together." As Sam then looks to "double her score," some preschoolers may have trouble with the math and become confused. "Sam stacks eight lumpy pumpkins on the eight-pumpkin clump inside. Sixteen pumpkins slam-jam together. It's one jiggly, wiggly ride!" Soon they are spilling from the wobbling blue wagon, picking up speed as they roll down a hill, out of control. The rhyming text and action-packed illustrations express Sam's predicament as this spirited, energetic tale comes to a happy, surprise ending. A fun fall addition.-Andrea Tarr, Corona Public Library, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
When Sam, a raccoon, picks pumpkins, she doubles the number each time+first one, then two, then four, until she has sixteen. But going home, the pumpkins fall and become ""the hill-rolling, bowling-ball kind."" Although the slight story is energetic and the illustrations lively and humorous, only some of the sixteen pumpkins are accounted for before Sam makes pumpkin pie. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
A rollicking rhyming tale--part math, part problem-solving--stars a young raccoon who must figure out what to do with 16 pumpkins that don't sit still. It's time to gather in the harvest on Gramps's farm, and Sam is just the girl raccoon to take on the job. Setting out with her wagon, she finds the pumpkins under vines and leaves and slowly doubles her load from one to two, until she has gathered 16. But on the way back to the house, the rickety wagon tips over and they become "the hill-rolling, bowling ball kind" of pumpkins. She chases after them, but has no luck in catching them except for the four that roll through Gramps's open front door and smash on the floor. What will they do with them? Pie, of course. Lanquetin's illustrations are charming and give young readers a chance to seek small details, such as the incensed mouse whose home had been one of the picked pumpkins. A cute opener for autumn and a nice bridge across science and math for elementary-school teachers. (Picture book. 3-8) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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