Pumpkin Smash!

This exuberant, kinetic picture book gleefully celebrates smashing and composting your Halloween jack-o-lantern instead of throwing it away Tee it up and take a swing… Launch it from a sling… Climb up high and let it drop… Turn it into pumpkin slop! Instead of dumping rotting jack-o-lanterns in the bin, award-winning picture book author Michelle Schaub invites readers to take them to a pumpkin smash! Stomping and squashing pumpkins into compost helps them to decompose—providing nutrients for the soil, seeds for next year’s harvest and plenty of post-Halloween fun. With lively, lyrical text and Rilla Alexander’s bright, beguiling illustrations, Pumpkin Smash is an upbeat and playful celebration of Halloween—and a call to action to reduce landfill waste and support local ecosystems.

Pages: 40, Hardcover, Norton Young Readers