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Pattan's pumpkin : a traditional flood story from southern India
Pattan has an amazing pumpkin. It grows bigger than the goats, bigger than the elephants ... so BIG that it is as TALL as the mountains. Then one day, the storm clouds burst and the waters rise. Pattan, his family, and all the animals are in danger from the momentous flood. Can Pattan and his giant pumpkin save the day? Based on a traditional tale told by the Irula people of southern India -- From dust jacket.
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Giant pumpkin suite
Twelve-year-old Rose Brutigan has grown seven inches in the last eight months. She's always been different from her twin brother, Thomas, but now she towers over him in too many ways. The gap in their interests continues to widen as well. Musically talented Rose is focused on winning the upcoming Bach Cello Suites Competition, while happy-go-lucky Thomas has taken up the challenge of growing a giant pumpkin in the yard of their elderly neighbor, Mr. Pickering. But when a serious accident changes the course of the summer, Rose is forced to grow and change in ways she never could have imagined. Along the way there's tap dancing and classic musicals, mail-order worms and neighborhood-sourced compost, fresh-squeezed lemonade, the Minnesota State Fair--and an eclectic cast of local characters that readers will fall in love with.--Provided by Publisher.
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Halloween happenings haunt Carroll County
Rocky Horror Picture Show It may not be a full \"Science Fiction Double Feature,\" but the Carroll County Arts Council is continuing its annual screenings of \"The Rocky Horror Picture Show\" this year with a special Halloween night presentation in honor of the film's 40th anniversary.
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Herald Democrat, Sherman, Texas, Joshua Brumett column
Happy birthday Monday to JoAnn Ecker of Dorchester; Buster Whiteley, Ronald Linn Freeman, twins Claire and Avery Hutson, all of Sherman; Andy Faber of Bells; James William Jouvenant of Dallas; Bettye Thompson Cecil of Rowlett; Emily Ellis of Luella; and Dale Bonner and Mary Whitehead, both of Denison.
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Entertainment News as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25
What we're talking about: - BOOKS-Gov-Gen-Awards: Vancouver-born, Montreal-based Madeleine Thien has won this year's Governor General's Literary Award for fiction and is in line for a second major book prize later today.Thien's novel \"Do Not Say We Have Nothing\" (Knopf Canada) is also in contention for the prestigious 50,000 pound (C$81,000) Man Booker Prize being awarded in London. 490 words. Coming Thursday: - Screen-Time-Guidelines: Canadian medical experts and parents weigh in on new guidelines out of the U.S. on how much time kids should spend staring at screens, including televisions, computers, phones and tablets. -
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Reading Eagle, Pa., My 2 Cents column
While I can recognize the desire to attend a concert with so many of the icons of rock 'n' roll, to me the festival seemed to be more of a contrived and artificial experience created for baby boomers with too much disposable income and musicians who seem to have an insatiable appetite for money.
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Frighteningly fun ways to give yourself the creeps this month
More than 60 aces of activities include a 25-acre labyrinthine corn maze, a haunted house, pumpkin blasters, a race-car speedway, train and hay rides, a petting zoo and more. The annual event, now in its seventh year, wraps up today with sci-fi, horror and fantasy film screenings, plus appearances by \"Road Warrior\" and \"Commando\" villain Vernon Wells and '80s scream queen Brinke Stevens.
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