Also written and/or illustrated by Tad Hills: Duck and Goose: Colors! Duck and Goose Go to the Beach Duck and Goose: Goose Needs a Hug Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin How Rocket Learned to Read Duck and Goose: It's Time for Christmas! Duck, Duck, Goose Duck and Goose, How Are You Feeling? Waking Up Wendell Duck & Goose What's Up, Duck? (A Book of Opposites) Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills Ages 2-4 20 pages Schwartz and Wade July 2012 Board book     After Duck and Goose see Thistle holding a perfect orange pumpkin, they want one of their own. They look in the most obvious places first; under the autumn leaves, in the pond, and up the apple tree. They don’t think to look in the pumpkin patch until Thistle wanders by and says, “Have you tried the pumpkin patch?” When Duck and Goose come out carrying a bigger, heavier pumpkin than Thistle’s, the two friends agree that they knew all along how to find a pumpkin. There is no holiday specified in this oversized board book (originally published as a hardcover in 2009), so the story could be read before Halloween or Thanksgiving. The double-page spreads, which were rendered in oil paint, contain bright fall colors and humorous illustrations. Duck and Goose’s childlike personalities make Tad Hill’s (Duck, Duck, Goose and What’s Up, Duck?: A Book of Opposites) stories a success.     web reviews   Tanya Boudreau/2012 for curled up with a good kid's book   For grown-up fiction, nonfiction and speculative fiction book reviews, visit our sister site Curled Up With a Good Book (www.curledup.com)