Trick? Or Treat?
Did you know that the first jack-o’-lanterns were carved from turnips, not pumpkins? In Ireland and Scotland people hollowed out turnips and gave them creepy faces to celebrate the feast of All Hallows’ Eve. Centuries later, when immigrants from the UK arrived in North America, they discovered that the native pumpkin made a much better jack-o’-lantern, because it was larger and softer than a turnip!
Follow this link to learn more about the history of jack-o’-lanterns:
The History of Jack-O’-Lanterns.
And here are more great books to help you get ready to trick or treat!
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
There's a Monster in Your Book (Who's In Your Book?) by Tom Fletcher
She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lynn Fulton
Five Little Pumpkins (Pete the Cat) by James Dean
Little Blue Truck's Halloween (Little Blue Truck) by Alice Schertle
Pug & Pig Trick-or-Treat (Pug & Pig #2) by Sue Lowell Gallion
The Witch's Boy by Kelly Barnhill
What Were the Salem Witch Trials? (What Was?) by Joan Holub
Where the Wild Things Are (Anniversary) by Maurice Sendak
Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler
