In Karen Katz's distinctive style, an adorable baby searches throughout the house for her pumpkin. In Karen Katz's distinctive style, an adorable baby searches throughout the house for her pumpkin. Is the pumpkin under the leaves, behind the curtain, under the bed? NO! But Baby finds many other surprises as a ghost, a witch's hat, cute-as-a-button bats, and candy apples are found beneath each flap. Finally after Baby finds her pumpkin, she's ready to go trick-or-treating and the final flap reveals a Halloween extravaganza!

The big orange pumpkin is no longer just for Halloween! Gail Damerow shows you how to cultivate more than 95 varieties of pumpkin, and provides recipes for pumpkin pies, muffins, and even pumpkin beer. You’ll also learn how to use pumpkins in a variety of craft projects, from carving unique jack-o’-lanterns to creating pumpkin-scented creams and soaps. With tips on growing giant pumpkins, preserving your harvest through the winter, and much more, The Perfect Pumpkin will delight pumpkin lovers of all sensibilities.

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Pumpkins for saleKaren’s daddy has given Karen a special job for Halloween. She is in charge of the pumpkin patch. And there are so many pumpkins! Karen chooses a gigundo one for herself, and then she has a pumpkin sale. Karen finds good homes for all her pumpkin babies. But then, a pumpkin smasher comes through the neighborhood! Karen and all her friends are so worried. Will their pumpkins be safe until Halloween?

“[From] a decorative and delicious autumn stew to a decadent pumpkin tiramisu for dessert, your pumpkin craving is covered.”—The Litchfield County Times There’s more to pumpkin than lattes and pies, so Pumpkin It Up! is here to help you discover sweet and savory ways to pumpkin up every meal. With both traditional favorites and unexpected twists, these 75 recipes will please pumpkin eaters—and let you savor the taste of fall year round. Stock your spice rack with Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice, keep breakfast classic with Pumpkin Pancakes, liven up dinner with Pumpkin Tortilla Soup, and tempt yourself with Pumpkin Tiramisu for dessert. Includes photos plus shopping and prep tips

Three provocative dramas, Paradise Blue, Detroit ’67 and Skeleton Crew, make up Dominique Morisseau’s The Detroit Project, a play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit. Each play sits at a cross-section—of race and policing, of labor and recession, of property ownership and gentrification—and comes alive in the characters and relationships that look toward complex, hopeful futures. With empathetic storytelling and an ear for the voices of her home community, Morisseau brings to life the soul of Detroit, past and present.

Baby food doesn't need to be tasteless or processed and in a jar—it can be fresh, vibrant, and delicious, which is exactly what Maggie Meade will show you how to cook in The Wholesome Baby Food Guide. Based on the top-rated baby food website, The Wholesome Baby Food Guide is filled with carefully researched information on nutrition, allergies, myths, and best practices for introducing foods to little ones. With more than 150 easy recipes, as well as storage tips and allergy alerts, Meade covers the three major stages of a baby's learning to eat: 4-6 months, 6-8 months, and 8 months and up. With courage, humor, and gentle motivation, this book show parents that their baby's food doesn't have to come from a jar to be healthy and safe. In fact, the healthiest, safest, and tastiest (not to mention least expensive!) foods for babies are those cooked from real ingredients in the kitchen at home, and this book has the added benefit of setting the stage for a child's lifelong love of healthy and wholesome foods. Move over Gerber—parents are getting into the kitchen!

Celebrate the flavor of pumpkin year-round with these sweet and savory recipes! Pumpkins mark the onset of fall—and those who love the flavor look forward to pies, cookies, hot spiced drinks, and breads of all kinds. 101 Things To Do With Pumpkin is a handy way to incorporate this favorite flavor into your kitchen repertoire for not just the autumn season, but year-round. It’s packed with recipes sure to please the pickiest pumpkin palate: · Curried Pumpkin Soup · Pumpkin Spoon Bread · Pumpkin Apple Pecan Chicken · Decadent Pumpkin Butter Cake and more!