The lastest issue of Weekly Reader Family has a fun feature all about pumpkins. In We Pick Pumpkins in Fall you and your children will learn how to make pumpkin mini-muffins, read some pumpkin poems and jokes, and find out about pumpkin books and online resources where you can do things like carve a virtual jack-o-lantern. There are also some cool pumpkin facts such as pumpkins can weigh from a few ounces to over 500 pounds!

Kids will like the colorful photos of the different stages and bright colors of pumpkins, from the green seedlings, to the yellow flowers, to the orange fruit. Just click on the image below to read a free preview of We Pick Pumpkins in Fall on Coverleaf.com.

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