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Stumpkin

Lucy Ruth Cummins, illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins

Outside a city shop, Stumpkin sits among a display of orange pumpkins waiting to be selected for Halloween. Unlike the others, he has no stem. As customers take home the other pumpkins, which later appear as jack-o’-lanterns in nearby apartment windows, Stumpkin remains behind. Even a gnarled yellow gourd is chosen before the shop closes on Halloween night. The story follows this stemless pumpkin’s uncertain place in the display and his relationship with the shopkeeper’s black cat.

This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
500L
ATOS Book Level
2.2
AR Interest Level
LG
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
377
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
N
Themes
Belonging · Friendship · Holidays And Celebrations · Self Acceptance
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published
July 24, 2018
Pages
48
ISBN-13
9781534413627
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
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