Pam wants a pumpkin for Halloween, and the one she finds is rather small.

That's it.

A simple little reader for kids, with the emphasis on simple.

Side note: While logging this book, I discovered that part of the reason the story is so simple is that my edition is an abridged version. The 16-page booklet printed in 2000 that was gifted to my daughter by an elementary school teacher in 2006 omits 14 pages of story and illustrations from the original 1999 version that show the little girl making more preparations for Halloween and make it clear that the family goes to a retail pumpkin patch instead of one in their back yard. ( )