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Stumpkin
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018
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IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
Lexile measure:
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Description
From the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of A Hungry Lion comes a unique Halloween story about a stemless pumpkin who dreams of becoming a jack-o-lantern.
Stumpkin is the most handsome pumpkin on the block. He's as orange as a traffic cone! Twice as round as a basketball! He has no bad side! He's perfect choice for a Halloween jack-o-lantern.

There's just one problem—Stumpkin has a stump, not a stem. And no one seems to want a stemless jack-o-lantern for their window.

As Halloween night approaches, more and more of his fellow pumpkins leave, but poor Stumpkin remains. Will anyone give Stumpkin his chance to shine?
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Format:
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Street Date:
07/24/2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781534413634
ASIN:
B075RV3Q1X
Accelerated Reader:
LG
Level 2.2, 0.5 Points
Lexile measure:
500
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APA Citation (style guide)

Lucy Ruth Cummins. (2018). Stumpkin. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Lucy Ruth Cummins. 2018. Stumpkin. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

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Lucy Ruth Cummins, Stumpkin. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2018.

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Lucy Ruth Cummins. Stumpkin. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2018.

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From the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of A Hungry Lion comes a unique Halloween story about a stemless pumpkin who dreams of becoming a jack-o-lantern.
Stumpkin is the most handsome pumpkin on the block. He's as orange as a traffic cone! Twice as round as a basketball! He has no bad side! He's perfect choice for a Halloween jack-o-lantern.

There's just one problem—Stumpkin has a stump, not a stem. And no one seems to want a stemless jack-o-lantern for their window.

As Halloween night approaches, more and more of his fellow pumpkins leave, but poor Stumpkin remains. Will anyone give Stumpkin his chance to shine?
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      • source: Publisher's Weekly
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        Starred review from July 2, 2018
        Stumpkin is a beautiful pumpkin, “as orange as... an orange! As big as a basketball! Round!” All he lacks is a stem—but people want stems on their Halloween jack-o’-lanterns. Cummins (A Hungry Lion, or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals) paints Stumpkin looking concerned as, one by one, the other pumpkins are bought, carved, and displayed in apartment windows facing the store. Even the warty gourd gets bought. Stumpkin’s philosophical attitude softens the sting (“ ‘The gourd??’ thought Stumpkin, ‘I guess that’s that’ ”), and the portrayal of buyers as silhouettes helps, too—readers don’t see the customers’ faces or hear what they say. Stories about being left behind usually include just enough distress to set the stage, but here the ordeal continues for many pages, heightening the story’s stakes as Halloween looms large. Amid the black-stroked subway signs and storefronts of a cozy Brooklyn block, Stumpkin survives his ordeal, and a final, brilliantly inventive visual sequence reveals what it’s like to be a jack-o’-lantern from the inside out. Ages 4–8.

      • premium: True
      • source: School Library Journal
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        July 1, 2018

        PreS-Gr 3-What does every self-respecting pumpkin aspire to be? A jack o' lantern, of course. Stumpkin is big and round and "orange as a traffic cone"; he's full of promise, except for one minor flaw-he has no stem. Still, as Halloween approaches, he sits expectantly on his shelf outside a bodega waiting for someone to take him home, carve him up, and place him in their window. One by one, the windows in the building across the street fill up with smiling jack o' lanterns as the number of pumpkins on display in front of his shop dwindles. Finally, "Two were left on the shopkeeper's shelf. A boy came. And when the boy left...Stumpkin remained. The gourd Thought Stumpkin. I guess that's that." What will become of this poor, stemless pumpkin? After a tense few pages featuring a prominent trash can, a spread of pure black and some mysterious triangles, the shopkeeper comes up with the perfect solution. The illustrations, rendered in gouache, pencil, ink, and brush marker, feature a palette of black, white, orange, and a touch of green, while the people are all represented in black silhouette. Baby carriages, dogs on leashes, subway stations, streetlights, and fire hydrants capture a busy urban neighborhood. VERDICT A perfect holiday read-aloud for city kids and country dwellers as well.-Barbara Auerbach, formerly at New York City Public Schools

        Copyright 2018 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

      • premium: True
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        August 1, 2018
        A stemless pumpkin who isn't chosen gets the best Halloween of all. On the shelves outside a shop in a busy city, a shopkeeper makes a display of orange pumpkins and a single yellow gourd. They are all sizes and shapes and have lovely stems, save for one. Poor Stumpkin worries that, despite his good qualities, his stemlessness will prevent him from becoming a jack-o'-lantern like all the other pumpkins that go home with customers to decorate the windows across the street. On Halloween night, he alone is left (even the gourd went home with someone!). So the shopkeeper scoops him up. The spreads that follow are marvelous, wordless creations that will delight young readers: A black spread is followed by one with an orange-rimmed white triangle on the verso, then one with similar triangles on both pages. "Stumpkin wouldn't be getting a window. And he wouldn't be getting a new home. // He already had a home." The final page shows Stumpkin as a jack-o'-lantern back on the shelves with the shopkeeper's friendly black cat. Though undoubtedly feel-good, the book may leave readers wondering exactly what it's saying about Stumpkin's physical irregularity--is it some kind of disability metaphor? The city sights, people, and animals other than the cat are all black silhouettes, keeping the focus on Stumpkin. Kids may choose differently at the pumpkin patch after reading this tale, though any deeper message may be lost on them. (Picture book. 4-7)

        COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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There's just one problem—Stumpkin has a stump, not a stem. And no one seems to want a stemless jack-o-lantern for their window.

As Halloween night approaches, more and more of his fellow pumpkins leave, but poor Stumpkin remains. Will anyone give Stumpkin his chance to shine?
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