The story isn't very good and the drawings are weird. ( )

The story was just ok. My son and I kept wondering, how could the farmer and his wife not notice the giant field of pumpkins? How could the pumpkins flourish so, without ever having been tended to in any way? Though it was SUCH a stretch of an imagination, we enjoyed this book and will definitely check it out again. It's best feature were the colorful illustrations. They are very animated and seem to jump right off the page.
I also like books with recipes and/or activities in the back. This one has both. ( )

I really liked this book. The pictures were humorous. I think this would be a great book for first through fifth graders. When the mayor speaks he uses a few big words that would be good to use as vocabulary words for older children. ( )