The Special Pumpkin

by C. L. Reid, Elena Aiello (Illustrator)

Overview

Emma loves Halloween! She has the perfect costume that works well with her cochlear implant. But she doesn’t have a pumpkin to carve. Emma searches for the perfect pumpkin, but she soon discovers that perfect isn't important in this early chapter book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798875206238
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2025
Series:	Emma Every Day
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Elena Aiello is an illustrator and character designer. After graduating as a marketing specialist, she decided to study art direction and CGI. Doing so, she discovered a passion for illustration and conceptual art. She works as a freelancer for various magazines and publishers. Elena loves video games and sushi and lives with her husband and her little pug, Gordon, in Milan, Italy.

Christy L. Reid loves writing the Emma Every Day series, which she started in 2019. Deaf-blind since childhood, Christy received a Cochlear Implant (CI) as an adult to help her hear and uses American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate. She and her husband have three sons, who are all adults now. Christy, her husband, their middle son (who is also deaf-blind), and Ally, their cattle dog, recently moved to New York.

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