How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? [Paperback]

Award-winning artist Wendell Minor celebrates America's love for giant pumpkins alongside famous American landmarks and landscapes

Every year, giant pumpkin contests take place at fairs across the country—the 2012 record-holder weighed over aton!The latest craze is to carve the most enormous pumpkins into racing boats. But what’s next? Why not thinkreallybig? Award-winning artist Wendell Minor does just that as he imagines larger-than-life pumpkins decorating some of America’s favorite places—as immense as the Capitol dome, Mount Rushmore, the Brooklyn Bridge, even the Grand Canyon! This celebration of famous landmarks and landscapes plays with concepts of size and scale and is full of fun facts.


Minor illustrates this simple text with lush, rich paintings that portray resplendent autumn scenes...This visually stunning book is sure to be a favorite autumn read-aloud. —School Library Journal

A marvelous example of the way seasonal books can enhance the excitement surrounding a holiday. —Booklist“Quickly takes a turn for the fantastical as Minor imaginatively answers the title question...An appended list of these monuments and attractions gives their states and a brief informative blurb about each one...The autumnal orange of the pumpkins stands out...their full-page dimensions well suited for sharing this book with a group.”—School Library Journal

“Minor imagines...JUMBO pumpkins, placing each in a signature American scene for a bit of geographical literacy and a good deal of juxtapositional fun. The artist’s proven talent for classic landscapes here gets a wink with the STUPENDOUS jack-o’-lanterns plomping their grinning selves down like they owned the place.”—The Horn Book

“After introducing giant pumpkins and giant pumpkin festivals, Minor asks, ‘What can you lãÇ