Hi. I’m looking for a book from the late 1960’s – early 1970’s, and I haven’t had any luck at the sites you recommend because I have so little to go on.
A little girl is excited about her class trip to a pumpkin patch where every child gets to choose and take home a pumpkin. When she finds her perfect pumpkin, she discovers a mouse living inside it. She decides to leave her perfect pumpkin so the mouse can stay and goes home empty-handed.
Thanks.
PS I grew up right by Shaker Square. Next time I come home I will visit your store!
I loved that book too, but no idea of the title or author. It is not Mousekin’s Golden House.
Try The Very Best Pumpkin by Mark Kimball Moulton
That sounds similar but I am not sure it is old enough
Is it The Pumpkin Patch by Patricia Miles Martin?