FICTION

Little Pumpkin, Where’s Your Light?

by Bob Holt (text) & illus. by Bob Holt
WorthyKids. (Bob Holt Celebrates: Bk. 3). Jul. 2023. 20p. Board $7.99. ISBN 9781546004349.
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Toddler-PreS–A tiny gray mouse and a bright orange jack-o-lantern are navigating a dark night together in this Halloween board book. Little Pumpkin sobbingly asks first a black cat and then a witch to help get its light back. A ghost is asked, and then a helpful bat asks a star right out of the sky to be the light. The pumpkin is aglow in time for every member of the book’s cast to wish readers a “Happy Halloween.”
VERDICT This is a charmer, alright, with simple shapes, digitally drawn and colored, to fill up toddlers’ eyes and nothing spooky to spoil the mood of gentle friendship and celebrations.
Reviewed by Kimberly Olson Fakih , Dec 02, 2023

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