Me and the Pumpkin Queen

Authors: Kennedy, Marlane
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
BISAC/Subject: JUV017030, JUV013000, JUV039050
ISBN: 9780061974014, Related ISBNs: 0061974013, 9780061140242, 9780061974014
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 192,
Audience: Children/juvenile
Synopsis:

Mildred's Guide to Growing a Giant Pumpkin

1. Get the right seeds. These days, no one grows a Pumpkin Show winner without Howard Dill's Atlantic Giant seeds.

2. Convince your dad that having a pumpkin patch in your backyard is a good idea.

3. Make sure that your dogs stay far, far away from your seedlings.

4. Don't let your busybody aunt interfere with your "pumpkin obsession," no matter how much she wishes you were interested in boys or clothes or anything other than pumpkins.

5. Find a best friend who can help out in a pinch.

6. Never, ever, ever give up.

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