The whole town loves Josh's little sister, Callie. Grandpa Frank says the only reason they buy pumpkins from his farm is to win a smile from the sweetest four-year-old in the county. But no one loves Callie as much as her big brother. When she gets lost in the woods, Josh gives up his chance to be crowned Harvest Festival Pumpkin King in order to find her.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Pelican Publishing Co .

Katy Bratun studied illustration at the Art Institute of Boston and has illustrated twenty books for children. She once drew a gorilla in a gondola at a school assembly, which later posed as a character for this book. Ms. Bratun lives in Salem, Massachusetts, with her husband, Steve, and her son, Eric. Katy Bratun studied illustration at the Art Institute of Boston and has illustrated twenty books for children. She once drew a gorilla in a gondola at a school assembly, which later posed as a character for this book. Ms. Bratun lives in Salem, Massachusetts, with her husband, Steve, and her son, Eric. Kathryn Lay is a full-time writer and instructor. She has taught writing classes at www. coffeehouseforwriters. com and regularly speaks to libraries, schools, bookstores, and at writers' conferences. Her book Crown Me! has been awarded the 2004 Best Juvenile Book from the Oklahoma Writers' Federation, Inc. and the 2005 Golden Spur Award. Lay has published more than fourteen hundred articles, essays, and stories for children's and adult magazines and anthologies, including Highlights for Children, Woman's Day, Jack & Jill, U. S. Kids, Pockets, Cricket, Spider, The Writer, Writer's Digest, Boys' Life, Children's Book Insider, Spellbound, Wee Ones, Hopscotch, Teen Power, Teen Life, Children's Playmate, and the SCBWI Bulletin, among others. Lay resides in Arlington, Texas. Katy Bratun's art has appeared in picture books, advertisements, greeting cards, puzzles, posters, museum banners, stickers, kids' craft projects, and game boards. She enjoys talking about the creation of picture books to children in school and library settings. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and belongs to the Picture Book Artists Association. She resides in Salem, Massachusetts.