Pumpkin heads and jack-o-lanterns of all varieties abound when Halloween comes around.

Katy finds what she thinks is the perfect pumpkin on a class field trip to a pumpkin patch, but after her classmates tease her about how small it is, it is up to Katy's father to show her how perfect her pumpkin can be.

In the course of one year, a jack-o-lantern, discarded after Halloween, decomposes in the backyard and eventually grows new pumpkins from its seeds.

A rather ordinary pumpkin wins a prize for "the best-loved pumpkin at the fair, the best-loved pumpkin anywhere."

While visiting her grandparents' farm, Sylvie Ann finds a fine large pumpkin for Halloween.

Peter finds the perfect pumpkin so that he and his Dad can make a jack-o-lantern.

"In this Halloween countdown book, ten orange pumpkins are each carried off by a witch, a ghost, a spider, and other Halloween creatures until there's just one"-- Provided by publisher.