Mr. Pumpkin's tea party

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Title:

Mr. Pumpkin's tea party

Alternate title:

Mister Pumpkin's tea party

Author:

Barker, Erin (Erin Lorraine), author, illustrator.

Summary:

You are cordially invited to Mr. Pumpkin's tea party--a delightfully quirky twist on a counting book, incorporating gorgeous, deep-hued watercolor illustrations, as well as spooky elements and unique characters at an unexpectedly charming tea party. A perfect read for when there is a crisp chill in the air.

Audience:

Ages 4-8.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Afternoon teas -- Juvenile fiction.

Counting -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

blue manatee press,

Publication Date:

2019

ISBN:

9781936669776

Publication Information:

Cincinnati, Ohio : blue manatee press, 2019.

Call Number:

P BARKER

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

"There's a party at Mr. Pumpkin's tonight. A banquet with friends in the autumn twilight. And at this soiree we'll see and we'll find ghoulish delights of every kind." You are cordially invited to Mr. Pumpkin's Tea Party--a delightfully quirky twist on a counting book, incorporating gorgeous, deep-hued watercolor illustrations, as well as spooky elements and unique characters at an unexpectedly charming tea party. A perfect read for when there is a crisp chill in the air.

Author Notes

Erin Barker is an author and illustrator who loves Swedish Fish, rollerblading, and making up weird characters for her stories. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, and this is her first picture book.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

The characters in this seasonal counting book are all traditionally spooky sorts--a spider named Madam Silk, a mummy called Dr. Cairo, and more--but the scariest thing they have in store is attending Mr. Pumpkin's elegant evening tea party. He offers "one cake"; Sir Bones, a formally dressed skeleton, contributes "two jugs of cider"; a vampire dressed as a flapper offers "three jars of jelly to share"; and neighborhood wildlife get in on the act, too ("four swooping bats/ fly through the air"). Newcomer Barker's watercolor and ink illustrations provide the softest of Halloween atmospherics: gentle night, full moon, weeping willow. Formal wear (Baron Laguna sports a bowtie), tidy tea etiquette, and delicious homemade goodies--Mr. Pumpkin's berry-topped cake, Lord Wolfington's scones--portray this Halloween celebration as a quiet, stylish gathering framed by the counting sequence and the rhyming lines. Just right for fear-averse Halloween revelers. Ages 3--5. (Sept.)