Akron Public Library

Looking forward to her plans for Halloween night, when she and her friend Walker will take revenge on the kids that played practical jokes on them, Drew Brockman carves scary jack-o'-lanterns that frighteningly come to life.

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.

When Halloween comes around, pumpkins are turned into pumpkin heads of different kinds and greet trick-or-treaters.

" Providing a new twist on a holiday tradition, Extreme Pumpkin Carving, 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded illustrates how to carve three-dimensional faces and scenes in solid pumpkins (no hollowing necessary) using tools ranging from kitchen knives to carving gouges and chisels. Complete information is provided for getting started, including an overview of tools and tips for finding the best pumpkin to work with. Step-by-step instructions are detailed...

A 700-year-old woman and an 800-year-old man, both witches, go searching on Halloween night for the pumpkin someone snitched from them.

A rabbit family visits a farm and learns how the gourd grows, discovers its different varieties and uncovers a bit of jack-o'-lantern history ("In olden times, they hollowed out potatoes and turnips and beets for lanterns") in Pumpkin Day!

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

Have you ever wanted to make a jack o' lantern? Where do you start? You're about to see it happen, step by messy step!

"One of the most loved Halloween traditions is visiting a pumpkin patch and picking out the perfect pumpkin! Once you bring your pumpkin home, invite your friends and family to form a carving crew and help you turn that perfect pumpkin into a grinning, glowing jack-o'-lantern! " --adapted from SkyRiver.

A young boy's fascination with pumpkins gets him into trouble one Halloween.