Pick Me! Pick Me! The Story of the Magic Pumpkin

<p><strong><em>Pick Me! Pick Me! The Story of the Magic Pumpkin</em></strong> is an enchanting tale that forever transforms the experience of pumpkin picking into a new family tradition. </p><p>Using their Magic Pumpkin Charm children find their own Magic Pumpkin and bring it to life to share the wonder of its single most important day - Halloween! And as the magical day comes to a close the Magic Pumpkin shares a secret that leaves them eagerly awaiting the <em><u>next</u> </em>Halloween. <strong><em>Pumpkin picking will never be the same! </em></strong></p><p>It's a wonderful story in poetic form that captures the imagination of children and transforms Halloween into a magical time forever drawing all who read it into a wonderful new family tradition.</p><p>The story began as a poem but it’s also a song. It was inspired by watching children pick pumpkins at Mack’s Apples the pick-your-own farm that I live near. It always put a smile on my face to hear their imaginations run wild as the children combed through the fields looking for the perfect pumpkin.</p><p>Some children would choose one with a perfect shape and for others the perfect pumpkin was one that was a bit odd looking – as if they felt it needed them. But all of them just couldn’t wait to get home and bring their pumpkin to life by carving a happy face into it.</p><p>In addition to being a story book<strong> Pick Me! Pick Me! The Story of the Magic Pumpkin</strong> is also one of seven original Halloween songs that my wife and I sing. If you’re ever in our neighborhood for Halloween you can stop by and hear us perform them all.</p><p>Every Halloween we decorate a small patch of wooded area in front of our house where for the last ten years we’ve performed for the trick-or-treaters who come to visit. I think we get as much out of the experience if not more than the children do! I hope you enjoy hearing the story as much as I enjoy telling it. </p><p>Sincerely</p><p><em>Dave Bastien</em></p>