Pick a Pumpkin, Mrs. Millie!

In the fall, Mrs. Millie takes her kindergartners on a class trip to pick pumpkins for their harvest party. The class has fun guessing the meanings of their favorite teacher's nonsense words. They go on a dragon (wagon) rige, see a harecrow (scarecrow), pet the boats (goats) and drink apple spider (cider). What a pun-filled day!

TIME magazine Best Children's Books of 2009.

"Mrs. Millie is back and sillier than ever....Cox's wordplay is sure to amuse and entertain....A good addition to autumn storytimes." --School Library Journal

"When exuberant Mrs. Millie takes her kindergartners to the pumpkin patch, her malapropistic tendencies are in full force....Mathieu's artwork adds to the laughs, with images of 'round, orange pumas' and a busy game of 'hide and sheep' in a corn maze." --Publisher's Weekly

Selected Works

Chapter Book
Nora and the Texas Terror
Nora's rowdy cousin from Texas is coming to stay. Is Ellie as bad as Nora remembers?
Picture Book
Carmen Learns English
Spanish-speaking Carmen attends Kindergarten, and teaches her classmates lessons about language and determination.
Cinco de Mouse-O!
Join Mouse on a Mexican Fiesta!
Adventure
The Case of the Purloined Professor
A whirlwind adventure the rats will never forget!
Picture book
Pick a Pumpkin, Mrs. Millie!
TIME magazine Best Children's Books of 2009
Award Winners
ONE IS A FEAST FOR MOUSE
Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award 2009
PUPPY POWER
Children's Choices list 2009
Don't Be Silly, Mrs. Millie!
TIME magazine Best Children's Books of 2005
That Crazy Eddie and the Science Project of Doom
Maryland Blue Crab Honor Book
My Family Plays Music
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award 2004
Weird Stories from the Lonesome Café
Nevada Young Readers Award 2002
Adventure/Mystery
The Tails of Frederick and Ishbu: The Mystery of the Burmese Bandicoot
Can two pet rats save the world? Book One in "The Tails of Frederick and Ishbu" Great read aloud!

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