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A pumpkin mystery!

“All-things-fall” is our motto right now when it comes to book choices for bedtime (or anytime) reading. When the weather turns cooler, we begin to reach for books all about this, our favorite, season. There are many books that celebrate the beauty and surprises of autumn, one of which I’m excited to share with you today: Mystery Vine: A Pumpkin Surprise by Cathryn Falwell.

The artwork in this book is one of our favorite types: Paper piecing and layering, otherwise known as “paper-cut collage.” Falwell so wonderfully cuts and layers the fall-colored papers to create spectacular scenes on white and blue sky backgrounds.

The text rhymes, lending an element of rhythm and prose as you explore through the tale. Of course, all throughout the book the two main characters, a sister and a brother, watch intently as a “mystery vine” changes as the summer ends and fall begins. What awaits at the end is obvious, but my children were still delighted and gasped at the outcome when the book revealed what the mysterious vine was really creating and working on all that time.

I love it when books can teach concepts (such as seasons changing and seeds growing) while at the same time weaving an enjoyable story with fun characters, complete with tiny details (cute grasshoppers, for one) that little eyes take note of.

You will most certainly want to read and make a part of your home library Mystery Vine: A Pumpkin Surprise! You can purchase this hardcover storybook for $16.99 from these terrific online retailers or wherever your favorite books are sold.

Win it! Would you like a chance to win Mystery Vine: A Pumpkin Surprise? Then just leave a comment below telling me another book by HarperCollinsChildren’s that your children (or you) would love to read! I’ll close the contest next Thursday, October 8th, 2009 at 11pm EST. Sorry; US entries only. Good luck!

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.

Congratulations to the winner, #27, Stephanie!

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I’m delighted that you enjoy MYSTERY VINE! Here is a page we’re making about the book:http://mysteryvine.blogspot.com/
May I link your page?

Our boys like Trick or Treat Smell My Feet by Diane DeGroat

Hello! The Molly Moon Series looks quite
cute and enjoyable to read. Please count me in. Many thanks…..Cindi

This sounds like a wonderful fall book! Inch by Inch looks like another great read!

I would like to read Flat Stanley.

There are many we’d like to read but this one caught my eye: Our Enduring Spirit By Barack Obama

We would love to read Big Words for Little People.

Goldilicious is the book we would like to read. I’ve had many friends recommend it to me.

Tess’s Tree is one of our faves!
Zoe0825@verizon.net

sloppy joe looks super cute

I think my little man would also like The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Goldilicious looks pretty good. We checked out “Pinkalicious” from the library and my son thought it was hilarious!

honey2mommy(at)gmail(d0t)com

Sloppy Joe looks like a cute book!

My family LOVES the Amelia Bedelia book. As a teacher, there is a VARIETY of titles and topics that I love by Harper Collins!

I think we would love Fancy Nancy!

WE love Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse.

my girls would like Goldilicious or Pinkilicious

I think my boys would like Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish

We love the Septimus Heap books!

My kids are avid readers and being read to! The would love Dirt on My Shirt. Boys love dirt! LOL

Sloppy Joe looks like a funbook. thanks.

Olu’s Dream seems creative and fun! Very cute illustrations too!

We’d like to read Football Champ

We would love to read Crazy Hair.

The Mouse and the Motorcycle would be a fun read aloud!

My daughter would enjoy Fancy Nancy’s Tea Party.

We’d love to read Flat Stanley

My oldest son loves Amelia Bedilia! I always enjoyed the Ramona books!

We actually already own quite a few of the books listed; one we don’t have is Danny and the Dinosaur 50th anniversary edition. I remember that book from when I was a kid & would love to share it with my daughter. Thanks for the great giveaway.

We’d love to read Tess’s Tree. Thanks!

I’d like to read 500 Cats to my neices.

Romana books, i used to love those, i cant wait to read those with my daugther!

charalotes web is one i would like to give to my daughter for christmas

I loved Amelia Bedelia when I was little, so can’t wait to share it with my son

The Fancy Nancy series looks cute
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Lily would love the Biscuit
By Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Fancy Nancy is a great book that my daughter would love to read!

Please count me in. Thanks for the chance. We just love Where the Wild Things Are. Can’t wait to see the movie.

Belle Sara-my daughter loves horses

I love where the wild things are, fantastic book, fantastic giveaway!

If you give a mouse a cookie looks like it would be one we would really enjoy!

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