Pam gets ready for Halloween but almost doesn't find a pumpkin for her celebration.

Pam gets ready for Halloween but almost doesn't find a pumpkin for her celebration.

A sweet Halloween-themed addition to the Littlest series, from New York Times bestselling author, Brandi Dougherty! It's almost Halloween in the Spooky Woods and Petey the pumpkin can't wait! He may be the littlest pumpkin in his patch, but Petey hopes that this year he will be chosen to participate in the annual pumpkin decorating contest. As the day of the Halloween party arrives, Petey grows worried. Is he simply too little to be picked? An adorable Halloween story for little pumpkins everywhere! Read more from the bestselling Littlest series: The Littlest Mummy The Littlest Leprechaun The Littlest Cupid

The littlest pumpkin was the smallest pumpkin in the patch. He was ignored by all the pumpkin patch goers. He finds himself all alone and facing uncertainty. Why did no one want him? Was he too small? He doesn't think that is a good reason at all! But then something amazing happens. The littlest pumpkin grows to an enormous size, proving that any pumpkin is capable of growing to be great, even when they start out small.

Two children plant pumpkin seeds, watch the pumpkins grow and then make jack-o-lanterns and pumpkin pie.

I originally wrote "The Littlest Pumpkin" as a follow-up to a poem I wrote for my grandson called "Farmer Franklin." My grandson was planting pumpkin seeds for a school project and I wanted to write something for him to help explain the growing process. "The Littlest Pumpkin" is a story about a little pumpkin that had not grown as big as the other pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. The ultimate reward for the pumpkins was to be taken to the annual fall festival to be sold for Halloween Jack-O-Lanterns. "The Littlest Pumpkin" wasn't big enough, according to the other pumpkins, but Farmer Franklin decided to give him a chance at being purchased.

One by one all the other pumpkins are chosen to become jack-o-lanterns, but even though no one buys the Littlest Pumpkin, her Halloween dreams come true.