Pumpkin Smash!

25 August 2026

Territory Rights — Worldwide.

Michelle Schaub (Author), Rilla Alexander (Illustrated by)

Description

This exuberant, kinetic picture book gleefully celebrates smashing and composting your Halloween jack-o-lantern instead of throwing it away

Tee it up and take a swing…

Launch it from a sling…

Climb up high and let it drop…

Turn it into pumpkin slop!

Instead of dumping rotting jack-o-lanterns in the bin, award-winning picture book author Michelle Schaub invites readers to take them to a pumpkin smash! Stomping and squashing pumpkins into compost helps them to decompose–providing nutrients for the soil, seeds for next year’s harvest and plenty of post-Halloween fun. With lively, lyrical text and Rilla Alexander’s bright, beguiling illustrations, Pumpkin Smash is an upbeat and playful celebration of Halloween–and a call to action to reduce landfill waste and support local ecosystems.

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Hardback

9781324083085

226 x 262 mm • 40 pages

£13.99

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