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Molly and her daddy holding the little pumpkin together
Book One from Maggie's Stories

Just Right for Me

The Little Pumpkin Nobody Picked

Sometimes the one everyone else passes by is exactly the one someone has been looking for.

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A little pumpkin. A very big day.

Meet Sunnymeadow Pumpkin Patch

At Sunnymeadow Pumpkin Patch, the biggest and roundest pumpkins keep finding homes. One little pumpkin, a bit small and a bit crooked, waits while footsteps come close and then wander off again. Along the way he has company: Tilly the Scarecrow, a gnome who never says much, a turkey they call Gobble, and a gentle ghost named Boo, each of them making his long day a little easier.

Then, just as the festival is ending and the lanterns are being lit for the walk home, a little girl named Molly turns back. Her daddy had already told her they'd looked at every pumpkin in the patch. Molly isn't so sure.

Why this story

A gentle lesson, never a lecture

Just Right for Me is a story about being overlooked, and about how the right person sees past a crooked stem or a lopsided shape to what is actually there. It ends the way every Maggie's Stories book does: somewhere warm, somewhere safe, with a family sitting a little closer together than when the story began.

Coming next

The Haunted Campout

Book Two from Maggie's Stories is on its way. A flashlight, a crackling fire, and just enough of a chill to make everyone scoot closer together.

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