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Pumpkin Island (Clayton County Trilogy) Hardcover – Picture Book, November 6, 2018

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Drawn from life, Arthur Geisert’s Pumpkin Island is the fantastical story of a real life town brought to a halt by a profusion of pumpkins.
Elkader, Iowa, is the perfect picture of small town life―that is, until the pumpkins arrive. One pumpkin? Fine. Two pumpkins? Okay. But with pumpkins growing around every street corner, and over every building, what’s a town to do? In these pages, Geisert imagines the town of Elkader overrun by the pumpkins that grow on Pumpkin Island, which sits in the Turkey River, right outside his kitchen window.

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4 - 8 years
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40 pages
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English
Grade level

Preschool - 3
Dimensions

12.35 x 0.6 x 10.55 inches
Publisher

Enchanted Lion
Publication date

November 6, 2018
ISBN-10

1592702651
ISBN-13

978-1592702657
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"In an enigmatic seasonal story with threads of the magical, a rising river washes away a pumpkin, whose seeds sprout on a small island. As the vines grow, the pumpkins become ubiquitous in the streets of Elkader, Iowa. After many pumpkin desserts, townsfolk convert the gourds into boats and houses. Just as the pumpkins "became such a problem that people started carting them away to the abandoned stone quarry," Halloween arrives. In a dramatic spread, night has fallen over the town, and the faces of the many jack-o'-lantern faces glow hauntingly. While the pumpkins may be gone for the season, Geisert suggests with a final flowering tendril, vines rarely keep to themselves."--Publishers Weekly
"Geisert's spreads offer readers detail upon whimsical detail, including a witch who walks calmly about and much rooftop tomfoolery.... Readers captivated by the understated silliness of the premise may find themselves imagining what their own neighborhoods might look like under similar circumstances."--Kirkus Reviews
"With detailed copperplate etchings first hand printed then colored with watercolors, this newly released title is a marvelous way to celebrate harvest season all year. And perhaps even plan a trip to the Midwest town that inspired it all." --Miranda Rosbach, My Bookbloom
"I like this strange, sprawling story, one that includes elements of the fantastical and magical, about a town overrun by orange..." --Julie Danielson, Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
"After a treacherous storm brings pumpkins crashing into a small island, they begin to sprout and take root, finding their home in unusual places around the town of Elkader, Iowa. The townspeople find various ways to play, create, and celebrate the growing population of pumpkins, leading up to the largest Halloween Jack-o'-lantern celebrations ever! Pumpkin Island highlights the real events and celebrations on each page with copperplate etchings and hand-painted watercolors that bring color and life to the story of Elkader." --Samantha D'Acunto, LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden
"A fantastic amusing tale for this season and beyond from the incomparable Arthur Geisert." --Michelle Sterling, Avery and Augustine
"A perfect read for Halloween by the inimitable Arthur Geisert." --Sarah Yewman, Picture Books Blogger
"Readers will get a kick out of this 'nature gone wild' story, which pairs nicely with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. It's a short, simple story with a touch of fantasy and humor that will get kids giggling. The artwork bustles across each spread to give the feel of a busy town trying to accommodate all of these pumpkins!" --Rosemary Kiladitis, Mom Read It

About the Author

Award-winning children's book author Arthur Geisert has been creating etchings and hand-coloring them for picture books for over forty years. Geisert, who grew up in Los Angeles and learned to etch at the Otis Art Institute, has spent his entire adult life in the Midwest. He now lives on Main Street in Elkader, Iowa. Geisert's work has appeared in The New Yorker and The Horn Book Magazine. It also has been collected by various museums and has been exhibited at The Art Institute of Chicago. In 2010, his book Ice was selected as a New York Times best illustrated book, the third book on the list for Geisert. In recent years, he has published The Giant Seed, Thunderstorm and Pumpkin Island, the first book in his trilogy about Clayton County, Iowa. The Big Bad Wolf Get His Comeuppance is the second book in the trilogy.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Enchanted Lion (November 6, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1592702651
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592702657
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.35 x 0.6 x 10.55 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #281,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #568 in Children's Books on the U.S.
- #641 in Children's Environment Books (Books)

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Arthur Geisert's unique and exquisite etchings have been widely praised and exhibited at the Chicago Institute of Art, among other museums. His work is regularly selected for the Society of Illustrators', annual Original Art exhibition, and his illustrations are now being collected by the Dubuque Museum of Art. He lives in a converted bank in Bernard, Iowa.

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MDH in Iowa

A charming Halloween book.

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2021

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I had this book sent to my grandchildren prior to me visiting them this past month. It's the perfect "Grandma gift"! The 3 and 4 year olds absolutely loved it and had a blast pointing to all the pumpkins. The art work is amazing, plus it's a quick read. (Always a bonus!!!!). I asked the kids if they found the book a little scary. They laughed at me and said no! It will be so much fun for them to get this out every October.

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2021

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Art Geistert's illustrations are just wonderful. Hope this book will be back in print soon.

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2020

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Great children’s book. Fun story & amazing illustrations. Do yourself a favor & spend some time studying and descriptively inventorying these amazing illustrations! Very creative!

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2018

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Stacy Renee

A fun autumn / Halloween read about a town overrun by pumpkins!

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2019

This fun story is about a real-life town that is overrun by growing pumpkins after one is washed downriver, smashes on an island, and then grows from there into the nearby town. The unruly vines grow up a bridge, over the street, up the sides of buildings, and wherever they can, leaving new pumpkins all over the place! Soon, the town is overrun with excess pumpkins!

Luckily, it's almost Halloween and the townspeople find many, many uses for the pumpkins. They build little houses and boats, have pumpkin smashing fights, and decorate every surface of the town. And when Halloween arrives, they carve them all into Jack-o-lanterns and have the biggest celebration of all!

Pumpkin Island is a sort of cozy read that is perfect for autumn and the Halloween holiday. The illustrations are detailed and busy, giving the reader plenty to look at. I did think some of the illustrations were a little disproportionate but still enjoyed the overall story and wish we had pumpkins overrunning our town!