What can you do with too many pumpkins? Rebecca Estelle has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl when pumpkins were often the only food her family had. When an enormous pumpkin falls off a truck and smashes in her yard she shovels dirt over the pieces and forgets about them. But those slimy pumpkin smithereens sprout up in autumn and Rebecca Estelle finds a sea of pumpkins in her garden. A heartwarming classic for more than twenty years this story shows what happens when one thrifty gardener figures out how to make other people happy with the squash she can t stomach. Filled with colorful illustrations from a season of gardening this is a perfect book for young gardeners and pumpkin lovers. Its wonderful lesson about helping others can be appreciated in the classroom or at home.