Storytime Theme - Pumpkins

     Looking to plan a story time session with the theme pumpkins? Look no further! This is an exhaustive resource of all pumpkin themed books, songs, rhymes and flannel boards for a fun pumpkin themed story time at your library or school!

Storytime Theme: Pumpkins 

Books: 

Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell 

Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman  

Duck & Goose Find A Pumpkin by Tad Hills 

Five Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino 

How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? By Wendell Minor 

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara, illustrated by G. Brian Karas 

It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse by Laura Numeroff 

It’s Pumpkin Time by Zoe Hall 

It’s Pumpkin Time! by Zoe Hall, illustrated by Shari Halpern 

Patty’s Pumpkin Patchi by Teri Sloat 

Penguin and Pumpkin by Salina Yoon 

Pete The Cat and Five Little Pumpkins by James Dean 

Pick A Perfect Pumpkin by Robin Koontz 

Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch by Mary Peterson, illustrated by Jennifer Rofé 

Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin by Mary Serfozo 

Pumpkins by Ken Robbins 

Pumpkin Cat by Anne Mortimer 

Pumpkin Hill by Elizabeth Spurr 

Pumpkin Eye by Denise Fleming 

Piggies In The Pumpkin Patch by Mary Peterson 

Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas 

Pumpkin Moonshine by Tasha Tudor 

Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas 

Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper 

The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll 

The Biggest Pumpkin Surprise Ever by Steven Kroll 

The Bumpy Little Pumpkin by Margery Cuyler 

The Littlest Pumpkin by R.A. Herman 

The Magic Pumpkin by Bill Martin 

The Pumpkin Fair by Eve Bunting 

Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell 

Pumpkins In The Sky by Julia Van Nutt 

The Very Best Pumpkin by Mark Kimball Moulton 

Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White, illustrated by Megan Lloyd 

The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin by Margaret Wise Brown 

The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis 

Seven Orange Pumpkins: A Counting Book by Steve Savage 

Something Pumpkin by Scott Allen 

 

Songs: 

5 Little Pumpkins by Abby the Librarian 

Feelings Jack-O-Lantern by Sunflower Storytime 

Have You Ever Seen A Pumpkin? By Adventures in Storytime 

 

Have You Ever Seen A Pumpkin?  (Tune: Have you ever seen a lassie) 

Have you ever seen a pumpkin, a pumpkin, a pumpkin? 

Have you ever seen a pumpkin that grows on a vine? 

There are short ones and tall ones and big ones and small ones. 

Have you ever seen a pumpkin that grows on a vine? 

 

The Pumpkins Are Here (Tune: The Farmer In The Dell) 

The pumpkins are here, the pumpkins are there. 

The pumpkins, the pumpkins are everywhere. 

The pumpkins are up, the pumpkins are down. 

The pumpkins, the pumpkins are all around. 

The pumpkins are in, the pumpkins are out. 

The pumpkins, the pumpkins are all about. 

The pumpkins are low, the pumpkins are high. 

The pumpkins, the pumpkins all say “goodbye.” 

 

Pick A Pumpkin (Tune: London Bridge) 

Pick a pumpkin from the vine. (Pretend to pick up a pumpkin)  

Pumpkin round, pumpkin fine. (Gesture to indicate “big and round”)  

Pick a pumpkin from the vine. (Pretend to pick up a pumpkin.)  

Let’s pick pumpkins! (Gesture, “Come with me!”)  

Pick a pumpkin from the vine. (Pretend to pick up a pumpkin)  

You pick your. I’ll pick mine. (Point to indicate “you” and “me”)  

Pick a pumpkin from the vine. (Pretend to pick up a pumpkin)  

Let’s pick pumpkins! (Gesture, “Come with me!”) 

 

I’m A Little Pumpkin (Tune: I’m A Little Teapot) 

I’m a little pumpkin, short and round 

Here is my stem and there is the ground. 

When I get all cut up, don’t you shout 

Just open me up and scoop me out. 

 

Pumpkin, Pumpkin on the Ground (Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) 

Pumpkin pumpkin on the ground 

How’d you get so big and round? 

Once you were a seed so small 

Now you are a great big ball 

Pumpkin pumpkin on the ground 

How’d you get so big and round? 

 

Pumpkins Are Growing (Tune: Are You Sleeping?) 

Pumpkins are growing, pumpkins are growing, 

In the patch, in the patch, 

Look at all the pumpkins, look at all the pumpkins. 

Orange and round, orange and round. 

Rhymes: 

Two Little Pumpkins 

Two little pumpkins, sitting on a hill 

One named Jack and one named Jill 

Roll away Jack, roll away Jill 

Roll back Jack and roll back Jill. 

 

Once There Was A Pumpkin 

Once there was a pumpkin 

And it grew, and it grew, and it grew. 

Now it’s a jack-o-lantern smiling at you! 

 

Five Little Pumpkins Sittin On A Gate 

Five little pumpkins, sitting on a gate 

The first one says, “oh my it’s getting late!” 

The second one says, “there are witches in the air!” 

The third one says, “we don’t care!” 

The fourth one says, “let’s run, run, run!” 

The fifth one says, “are you ready for some fun?” 

Then Whoooo went the wind 

And OUT went the lights, 

And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight. 

 

Pumpkin, Pumpkin 

Pumpkin, pumpkin sitting on a wall 

Pumpkin, pumpkin tip and fall 

Pumpkin, pumpkin rolling down the street 

Pumpkin pumpkin you’re so sweet! 

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