Wendell Minor (www.minorart.com) has traveled throughout the United States to research art for over fifty award-winning picture books, which include America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates, Look to the Stars by Buzz Aldrin, The Wolves Are Back by Jean Craighead George, and his own Yankee Doodle America and My Farm Friends. His paintings are in the permanent collections of the Norman Rockwell Museum, the Eric Carle Museum, and the Library of Congress. He lives in Washington, Connecticut.
“Quickly takes a turn for the fantastical as Minor imaginatively
answers the title question...An appended list of these monuments
and attractions gives their states and a brief informative blurb
about each one...The autumnal orange of the pumpkins stands
out...their full-page dimensions well suited for sharing this book
with a group.”—School Library Journal
“Minor imagines...JUMBO pumpkins, placing each in a signature
American scene for a bit of geographical literacy and a good deal
of juxtapositional fun. The artist’s proven talent for classic
landscapes here gets a wink with the STUPENDOUS jack-o’-lanterns
plomping their grinning selves down like they owned the place.”—The
Horn Book
“After introducing giant pumpkins and giant pumpkin festivals,
Minor asks, ‘What can you do with an ENORMOUS pumpkin?’ He offers a
number of memorable answers (some factual, others fanciful) based
on real sites in America and amplified by his wonderfully visual
imagination...Kids will enjoy the increasing absurdity as much as
the challenge of guessing the locations pictured. A concluding
two-page spread names the 14 sites depicted and gives a little
information about each one. Minor’s watercolor-and-gouache
paintings are well composed, richly colored, and (best of all) just
plain fun. With a text that asks leading questions, this picture
book makes a fine, imaginative read-aloud choice.”—Booklist
“Beautifully illustrated book...In addition to enjoying Minor’s
gouache and watercolor illustrations, readers are provided with fun
facts about over a dozen places in the United States...Would also
provide a useful introduction to synonyms, sprinkling words like
‘enormous,’ ‘gigantic,’ ‘jumbo,’ ‘immense,’ and ‘colossal’
throughout the text.”—Library Media Connection
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