Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie by Jill Esbaum is a bright photo book that follows a pumpkin from a tiny seed all the way to the dinner table. Real photos and a few simple words on each page make it a great first science book for pumpkin week.

Welcome to pumpkin week! We're starting in the kitchen with soft, little pumpkin muffins your child can help stir, scoop and count. They're lightly sweet, just the right size for small hands and great to make ahead for the week.

Uh oh, the pumpkin is rolling away! Your little one builds a ramp, lets a small pumpkin roll down and then builds a stopper at the bottom to catch it. Can they stop the runaway pumpkin?

We've counted up to 7. Today we add one more and get 8. Eight is five fingers on one hand plus three on the other. A spider has 8 legs, and you can draw an 8 like a snowman: one circle on top of another!