Cucurbita pepo L. var. Melon noir des Carmes. The “storybook” pumpkin is orange but pumpkins come in a variety of colours.Robert Canaider, 1967 CinderellaChildcraft, Volume One. Poems of Early Childhood, Theme in Yellow illustrated by Joseph M. O’Malley, Published by the Quarrie Corp in Chicago1909 Painting – A Hallowe’en Pumpkin Hot Air Balloon From ‘Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever’ 1968Adrienne AdamsFrederick Stanley, Hallowe’en Scare, Saturday Evening Post Cover, November 2, 1935Crepe paper banner from the Dennison Quality – Dealer’s Catalogue of Tags and Specialties, 1913-1914October Thirtieth: The blackest cats that e’er were seen/Wish you good luck this Hallowe’en“Be sure to get your Jack’O lantern out/For Hallowe’en night witches walk about!Alice B Preston The Green Forest Fairy Book 1920The Great Sea Horse 1909 by Isabel AndersonChildcraft, Volume One. Poems of Early Childhood Published by the Quarrie Corp in Chicago, illustration by Billie Parks Peter Peter Pumpkin EaterThe Road to Oz (L. Frank Baum), 1909 by John R. NeillThe Adventures of Peterkin written by Gilly Bear, illustrations by Helen Ohrenschall, 1916A Halloween Happening by Adrienne Adams cover. This story goes together with A Woggle of WitchesOne of the prints published by a seed company called Vilmorin- Andrieux between 1850 and 1895. Many of the illustrations are by Madame Eliza Champin vegetablesLe belle historie que voila by André Hellé,1930 Rimskittle’s Book by Leroy F Jackson by Ruth Caroline Eger ca. 1900
John Martin’s Book The Child’s Magazine, art below is perhaps by George L Carlson (USA, 1887-1962)
John Martin’s Book The Child’s Magazine, art perhaps by George L Carlson (USA, 1887-1962) haystack
Evan and his dog do everything together, from eating ice cream to caring for their award-winning garden, which grows big and beautiful. One day the unthinkable happens: Evan’s dog dies. Heartbroken, Evan destroys the garden and everything in it. The ground becomes overgrown with prickles and thorns, and Evan embraces the chaos.
But beauty grows in the darkest of places, and when a twisting vine turns into an immense pumpkin, Evan is drawn out of his misery and back to the county fair, where friendships—old and new—await.
CONTEMPORARY FICTION SET IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (2023)
On paper, things look fine. Sam Dennon recently inherited significant wealth from his uncle. As a respected architect, Sam spends his days thinking about the family needs and rich lives of his clients. But privately? Even his enduring love of amateur astronomy is on the wane. Sam has built a sustainable-architecture display home for himself but hasn’t yet moved into it, preferring to sleep in his cocoon of a campervan. Although they never announced it publicly, Sam’s wife and business partner ended their marriage years ago due to lack of intimacy, leaving Sam with the sense he is irreparably broken.
Now his beloved uncle has died. An intensifying fear manifests as health anxiety, with night terrors from a half-remembered early childhood event. To assuage the loneliness, Sam embarks on a Personal Happiness Project:
