In this charming board book， five smiling pumpkins of various sizes are resting atop a gate when one by one， they notice that it's getting dark and a bit spooky。 They become scared and decide to run and then roll down the hill to safety。 I'm not exactly sure what caused the light to go out and then come on again--perhaps they just can't see when they're in the forest--but the rhyming text makes the story fun and slightly tense while the facial expressions on the pumpkins have child-appeal。 The b In this charming board book， five smiling pumpkins of various sizes are resting atop a gate when one by one， they notice that it's getting dark and a bit spooky。 They become scared and decide to run and then roll down the hill to safety。 I'm not exactly sure what caused the light to go out and then come on again--perhaps they just can't see when they're in the forest--but the rhyming text makes the story fun and slightly tense while the facial expressions on the pumpkins have child-appeal。 The book could be read on its own merits but also be used as a way to incorporate counting as part of the reading or as a quick lesson on size。 Obviously， this would be a good title to bring out right around Halloween。 。。。more