For the Love of Pumpkins (a cookbook) consists of 100 irresistible pumpkin recipes (many original or adapted) using either fresh pumpkin, canned pumpkin, or hulled pumpkin seeds pepitas. Each recipe in this lovely cookbook is accompanied by an original photograph. The recipes cover a variety of soups, savory side dishes, light entrees, and snacks as well as pies, cookies, desserts, cakes, cupcakes, muffins, and loaves. Adding to the wide range of...

"There's more to pumpkin than the traditional holiday pie--pumpkin can be enjoyed any time of day! Start the morning off right with delicious pumpkin pancakes, waffles, muffins or scones. Try a bowl of savory pumpkin soup for lunch or a creamy pumpkin-pasta bake for dinner. And for dessert, the possibilities are endless: pumpkin cookies, bars, cakes, pops, pudding, milk shakes, mousse and more"--

"Spookley the Square Pumpkin was different. The other pumpkins teased him, until Spookley proved that being different can save the day!" --Page 4 of cover.

Puzzle image shows an array of heirloom pumpkins of varying shapes, sizes, and colors, photographed from above.

On Halloween, Linus and Sally wait for the Great Pumpkin, while the other children go for treats. And all Charlie Brown gets for trick-or-treat is a rock.

"Will this Halloween be the one when the Great Pumpkin comes? Long-time believer Linus thinks so -- and keeps watch all night in the pumpkin patch to welcome him. Charlie Brown gets into the spooky spirit too, dressing up as a ghost with more eyeholes than needed -- but not scaring up the usual kinds of Halloween loot when trick-or-treating. Never fear, World War I fighting ace Snooy is here to battle the Red Baron -- and in doing so, crash Violet's...

Wood-engraving block and white gesso. Pumpkin with stem, and seeds shown in rind bottom left.