In time for Thanksgiving, a wacky twist on The Ugly Duckling.The Ugly Pumpkin has waited all through October for someone to take him home, but no one wants him. He doesn't look like other pumpkins. So the lonely Ugly Pumpkin leaves the patch in search of a place where he'll fit in. By the time Thanksgiving arrives, he discovers the truth about who he is--but it's not what he expected!

NN ILLUS. $16.99. 2009022192. FRANK AND CARL TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY NO ONE WANTS TO BUY THEIR HATS WHILE OTHER VENDORS ARE ATTRACTING MANY CUSTOMERS. DN

Frank and Carl try to figure out why no one wants to buy their hats while other vendors are attracting many customers.

Twenty-six princesses, one for each letter of the alphabet, go to a party at the prince's castle.

Twenty-six pirates--from Arty, first to party, to Zach, the final attack--come aboard the Sea Princess for an ABC rhyming book on the high seas.

"EMS workers driving an "amboolance" come to the aid of injured monsters"--