Rotten Pumpkin

In this Halloween book for November and beyond, Kuhn's disgusting images and Schwartz's rotten writing show what happens to a Jack O'Lantern after October 31st. Told from the voices of the many actors in the decomposition drama—some cute, some creepy, some downright bizarre—the reader watches a grinning Jack transform to mold-mottled wreckage and, eventually, a hopeful green shoot that continues the cycle of life. Rich with ecological lessons and striking photos equally appealing and revolting.