This image is the cover for the book No More Pumpkins, 2nd-Grade Friends

No More Pumpkins, 2nd-Grade Friends

Emily is tired of pumpkins. At school she and her friend Vincetta Louise have been doing pumpkin math, pumpkin field trips, and pumpkin writing. Can't they just carve jack-o-lanterns? But even this ends up being an assignment: the kids have to make pumpkin self-portraits.

Then something happens to Emily's jack-o-lantern, and her friendship with Vinni is tested. The two girls get past their quarrel—but will they ever want to see a pumpkin again?

Peter Catalanotto, Pamela Schembri

PETER CATALANOTTO is the author/illustrator of many books for children, including Ivan the Terrier and Matthew A.B.C. He lives with his family in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

PAMELA SCHEMBRI is a librarian in Montgomery, New York.

Together, Peter and Pamela write the Second Grade Friends series, which includes The Secret Lunch Special, No More Pumpkins, and The Veterans Day Visitor.

Henry Holt and Company