The Pumpkin Who Stayed for Christmas

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(28 28 28 1)>Most pumpkins are carved for Halloween and gone by Thanksgiving...but not this one.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(28 28 28 1)>When one pumpkin refuses to stop smiling a young badger decides to keep it a little longer...and then a little longer through falling leaves chilly nights cozy fires and even Christmas cookies!</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(28 28 28 1)>Told with warmth and humor Author </span><u style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(17 85 204 1)>Kelley M Likes</u><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(28 28 28 1)> and Illustrator </span><u style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(17 85 204 1)>Hannah Staley-Foster</u><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(28 28 28 1)> weave a gentle tale that celebrates friendship imagination and the bittersweet joy of letting go just in time to discover that some smiles return year after year. </span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(28 28 28 1)>The Pumpkin Who Stayed for Christmas</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(28 28 28 1)> is a seasonal story little badgers will want to read again and again. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(28 28 28 1)>Kids ages: 6 and 7</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(28 28 28 1)>Grade: 1st</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(28 28 28 1)>Early Reader</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(28 28 28 1)>Lexile Level 330L</span></p><p></p><p><em>The Pumpkin Who Stayed for Christmas</em> has timeless seasonal appeal with themes of friendship imagination and letting go wrapped in a cozy humorous fall-to-winter journey.</p><p></p><p>~ Thanksgiving to Christmas story</p><p>~ heartwarming animal story</p><p>~ perfect for classroom holiday reading</p><p></p><p>Free Lesson Plans & Storytime Videos at www.likespublishing.com</p>