Child-Made Pumpkin Fact Books

The purpose of child-made pumpkin fact books is for your children to have a reference book about pumpkins that they can reread in the future. I find that nonfiction child-made books are very popular during silent reading time. They are also a huge hit when they take them home to read to parents, friends, grandparents, etc.

My children titled their books, “All About Pumpkins” and created their own nonfiction books about pumpkins.
Sometimes we made pop-up books (see Simple Pop-Ups You Can Make!) or pumpkin-shaped books (see Shapebook: Halloween - Pumpkin) for the covers.
If I wanted all of the covers to look the same, and the covers were elaborate and time-consuming, I asked one of my volunteer moms or dads to put together the book covers for me. I would provide the parents with the necessary materials and they were glad to glue on googly eyes or cut out shapes while they watched TV. God bless parent helpers!!
You may want to brainstorm other titles with your children and let them pick the title they like the best for their book.
Make a book with your children on “How Pumpkins Grow”.
List ways that people use pumpkins.
Here are a few Web sites to help children find pumpkin facts:

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