Will You Sit On My Porch?: A Pumpkin Tale

by Margherita F. Gilley, Jeanne Rogers (Illustrator)

Overview

     Sam is thrilled when his mother announces that they are going pumpkin picking after schoo!

Well, as usual, Sam's mother is late, so late that pumpkin picking may have to be put off yet again.

It's already dark, but the pumpkins are still in the field... why not go pumpkin picking at night?

     Can Sam find just the right pumpkin, a pumpkin who will sit on his porch on Halloween night?

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780692044698
Publisher:	Margherita Gilley
Publication date:	12/22/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 10 Years

About the Author

Margherita Gilley was born in a small town, Saviano, Italy. She didn't speak a word of English until she was eight years old. Once she mastered her new language, she relished its beauty and nuances. She loved her native language, Italian, but soon learned to love English and French, too. She has always been a writer, but she is finally able to do it without interruption! She has written lesson plans, grants, poems, novels, short stories, and numerous essays throughout her long career in public education. She started her writing career at SUNY Stony Brook where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature. After graduation, she shared her love of literature and writing with young students as a high school English teacher at a large Long Island high school. Years later, after working towards a Master of Arts in TESOL and Linguistics, she taught English to students of other languages. She always wrote with her students and loved sharing her writing with them! Thirty-two years later she is still writing for a wonderful writing group and is now publishing some of her work. She is starting with a charming children's book she wrote for her sons when they went pumpkin picking. Margherita continues to teach as an adjunct instructor at a local community college and she now has time to write and share her work with a new audience.
Jeanne Rogers, a native Long Islander, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Alfred University, NY and her Master of Science degree in Art Education from SUNY New Paltz. Post graduate studies include those from C.W. Post and Parsons School of Design. Her professional training in watercolor included workshops under the direction of noted members of the American Watercolor Society. Though watercolor remains a favorite, she successfully works in oils, acrylic, pastels (especially for portraits), collage, mixed media and graphic design. Besides working as a freelance artist, she has taught art at all levels in public and private schools and was art consultant and adjunct professor at Dowling College. Her award-winning work has been shown in local galleries, libraries, benefit, invitational and juried shows.