The creators of Supertato and Cake love to write about food that defies expectations. And now it’s time to say hello to Christopher Pumpkin. Have you ever heard of a Halloween pumpkin who doesn’t want to be scary? Nor has anyone else – until Christopher is magicked to life by a witch. At first, he’s delighted. The witch wants him to prepare for a party! He can’t wait to hang up colourful bunting and bake pretty fairy cakes! But hang on. This is a seriously spooky party in a creepy castle, where Chris must hang cobwebs and cook curried slugs. Ugh! How revolting! What’s a pumpkin to do?

A heartwarming rhyme by the authors of Supertato

A story about being yourself and blazing your own trail

Hilariously spooky artwork by top illustrator Nick East

The perfect read-aloud treat for Halloween and autumn

Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet have sold over a million books

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781444930948

Publisher

Hodder Children's Books

Date published

September 5th, 2019

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Other details

32 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Sue Hendra

Sue Hendra is the wonderfully funny, award-winning author and illustrator of some of our favourite picture books, like Barry the Fish with Fingers and Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell.

Sue has always loved drawing and art was definitely the highlight of her school timetable. As she got older the prospect of going away to study art at university and LEAVE HOME was very enticing. She decided she wanted to go to Brighton and that’s where she did, in fact, end up doing her degree. Sue had a great time and got a job with Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury immediately after she left.

Sue was hugely fortunate enough to hone her skills as an illustrator whilst she worked for the likes of Bloomsbury, Walker Books, Oxford University Press, Macmillan etc, illustrating and writing picture books. She has now been working as an illustrator and author for fifteen years and still loves it.