Another little Nancy book perfect for the fall season. This one actually takes place before the book I looked at previously. Again, these books are cute and simple. Nothing too big here. As you can see this book is about pumpkins.
Confession, I hate decorating pumpkins. I find it gross, especially the seeds inside. I prefer using a plastic pumpkin. This is what I have, not mine pictured but this is preferable.
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It’s part of my autism and it’s something I’ve always felt. Having said that, I understand how others enjoy decorating pumpkins and this is what this story is about, a pumpkin painting contest that gets ruined
Cover
Oh, look it’s the smashing pumpkins. Bad joke but it was right there. There is something kinda cute about seeing the Clue Crew so distraught over the smashing pumpkins. (Sorry). But really, this is gross and seeing the pumpkin guts is a reminder why I prefer plastic pumpkins.
The Plot
As I said, the plot is simple but that’s how it is for kiddos. Also pumpkin patch seems like a misdirect in some ways, you see the story is actually set at a fall festival and there is a pumpkin painting contest. Of course, all the kids are excited
Except new girl, Emma she thinks it’s stupid but only because her aunt is managing the festival and doesn’t have time for her and her little sister. All the kids have cool designs for their pumpkins, I personally love George’s wearing headphones.
The day of the pumpkin painting contest arrives and the tent is a mess. It seems to have been vandalized. Something that is always so cute about these little Nancy stories is how such a small thing seems like the most tragic event. Granted, the tent being destroyed is awful and does affect the town but the Nancy Drew I know has chased criminals.
I get it, this is a kids series and I think it’d make a cute cartoon. How has there never been a Nancy Drew cartoon? This also goes back to something else with these little Nancy books, while there suspects even to point of George acting Fred from A Pup Named Scooby-Doo with a mean girl named Dediree Shannon. That’s her Red Herring.
There no true bad culprits as most of the troublemakers are just kids, who are usually just acting out of jealousy and that is what we have here again with the culprits, one who destroyed the tent and one who stole the design forms the kids submitted for their pumpkin designs.
It’s cute and when you learn the motivations of why both did what they did, it makes sense as they felt left out from the painting contest. Again, another aspect of childhood, feeling left out. Wether it be, being too little or not being allowed to participate because it would be a conflict of interest. We get both of these in this book.
My Final Thoughts
This was a cute book and I enjoyed it. I do like looking at these little Nancy books but to close out this book, I’ll be looking at a book from my favorite take on Nancy Drew, Nancy Drew Diaries as she heads to a ghostly library in…
The Lady of Blue Coffin Hall
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