Reviews for How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?

The average rating for How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-09-21 00:00:00 Nancy White Although Margaret McNamara's engaging, evocative narrative is perhaps a bit too math-oriented for me to ever consider How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin a personal favourite (as I am just not that enamoured of math as a subject), this is indeed a delightful little story, and perfect for an elementary school math class (or a unit on sizes and comparisons, contrasts), especially around Thanksgiving or Halloween (and not just in the classroom, but also for either at home or home-schooling use). I absolutely love and also greatly appreciate how teacher Mr. Tiffin always actively and imaginatively strives to make his math lessons engaging, fun and meaningful for his students, and how he shows little Charlie that being the smallest student in class is simply a fact of life and entirely relative (as the small pumpkin Charlie carves actually ends up containing the most seeds). As to G. Brian Karas' accompanying illustrations, while by themselves they are a bit too cartoon-like and garish for my aesthetics, for my personal tastes, in conjunction with Margaret McNamara's narrative, they work exceedingly well, presenting a fun and successful marriage of text and image (depicting an ethnically diverse group of students, and a smiling teacher who makes math, who makes learning fun and meaningful). Highly recommended (and even though personally, I would have liked more supplemental pumpkin facts, those who know me should realise by now that I almost always want more information).

Review # 2 was written on 2019-10-24 00:00:00 Stephanie Mccoy A fascinating look at pumpkins, AND a sneaky math lesson, as well. Join a classroom of eager-to-learn kids as they attempt to determine which pumpkin has the most seeds - small, medium, or large. An engaging story, complimented by the endearing artwork of one of my favs - G. Brian Karas.