Are you already thinking about your decorations for next Halloween? Aster and the Pumpkin Contest serves up plenty of ideas for making use of all that pumpkin flesh.
In this second installment of the Les cinq soeurs, Maud Chayer spotlights zero-waste cooking. Illustrated by Keyu Chen, the picture book gently shows the importance of thinking creatively to adopt a sustainable lifestyle. A story that will definitely leave you craving a homemade pie.
One fall day, at the community center where they volunteer, Aster and Félix spot a poster for a pumpkin contest. Convinced they’ve had a brilliant idea by choosing the biggest pumpkin at the market, they don’t realize the carving challenge ahead. And when Aster’s sisters step in and insist that nothing go to waste, the two friends must get very inventive to cook up all that pumpkin flesh.
