Download or read book Pumpkin Baby written by Jane Yolen and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pumpkin Baby , a young child with an active imagination comes to terms with the imminent arrival of a sibling. Spurred on by trips with her mother to a family farm, she imagines a host of babies-each with their own unique characteristics-and wonders if she could, indeed, love such a brother or sister. Gently and lovingly told by Yolen, and wonderfully illustrated by Susan Mitchell, Pumpkin Baby is a perfect addition to the family library that's expecting a new cardholder. Excerpt from Pumpkin Baby : When I was three years old, old enough to know better, my Mama took a ripe pumpkin from Auntie May's patch of land. Auntie May called out, hoe in hand, "Gonna get a baby that way from all those seeds. A pumpkin baby." Their laughter flew back and forth, back and forth, across the rows. I thought about a pumpkin baby. Would it be orange on the outside. Would it be too heavy to pick up. too round to run and play with me? Would I, could I, ever love a pumpkin child?