McQueen, G.G. (2025). Squash & Pumpkin. Doubleday.
Pumpkin and Acorn Squash are very best friends. They are inseparable, until Fall.
In Fall, Pumpkin becomes the star of it all…pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin candles…she has appearances, and agents and no time for her best friend. That makes Acorn Squash sad!
But this year, Acord Squash has a plan! She’s going to start marketing HERSELF, so that everyone will fall in love with her, too!
#SquashGoals! (SQUILK…oh my gosh…I am just losing it over here. HAHAHA!)
She enters pageants, and comes up with acorn squash recipes and merch…squash jerky? Pizza? Socks…now I can get behind that.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Acorn Squash, Pumpkin has been trying to see her all day! Acorn is shocked! Why would Pumpkin want to see her? She is famous! Pumpkin is done with it all. She is overwrought, overwhelmed, and over it! She wants to hang with her bestie! So off they go, but they are bombarded with Pumpkin fans!
“Squash, what do we do?” “Pumpkin, let’s give the people something they never knew they wanted…A double dose of autumn awesomeness.
All of a sudden it is Pumpkin+Acorn Squash forever, all over the place and everyone loves them! But what’s even better, is just being best friends
#SquashGoals!
Cute Fall themed book about how being popular is not always what it seems to be and how the power of friendship is better than any amount of followers. But I still want you to follow my blog. Don’t forget. 😉
It’s funny, loving and cute. Slack’s illustrations do a great job of following and moving along McQueen’s fabulous tale. Who knows, it might even encourage the kids in your life to try acorn squash (or pumpkin AND acorn squash). My grandma loved it and I was way into adulthood before she convinced me! Tell me how those holiday pie recipes work out with them.
Recommended Ages: 3-6