How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? (2007)
written by Margaret McNamara, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Charlie’s teacher has an assignment one fall day—to guess and count how many seeds are in three different-sized pumpkins. The class separates the seeds and comes up with methods for counting them. All are surprised by the results, and Charlie also learns to feel better about being the smallest one in the class.
While not a life-changing book, this is still a great fall or Halloween choice. The story is simple, and my daughter loved that it took place at a school. It introduces “skip counting” by 2s, 5s, and 10s and can lend itself to so many activities and lessons. I learned a couple new things from the book too, which is always good.
We set out to count our own pumpkin seeds. Well, at this stage, mostly Mama did the sorting and counting. We ended up with a whopping 460 in a small-sized pumpkin, thus proving one of the book’s points.
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? (2007)
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