The Ugly Pumpkin

The Ugly Pumpkin
ISBN-10
1524740845
ISBN-13
9781524740849
Series
The Ugly Pumpkin
Category
Juvenile Fiction
Pages
34
Language
English
Published
2017-08-15
Publisher
Penguin
Author
Dave Horowitz

Description

Perfect for the changing seasons, this wacky twist on The Ugly Duckling is a great read for Halloween and Thanksgiving. The Ugly Pumpkin has waited all through October for someone to take him home, but no one wants him. He doesn't look like other pumpkins. So the lonely Ugly Pumpkin leaves the patch in search of a place where he'll fit in. By the time Thanksgiving arrives, he discovers the truth about who he is--but it's not what he expected!

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