The Happy Pumpkin | 
I appreciated the message here—that some children don't enjoy the scarier aspects of Halloween, and that we should accept people as they are—but the delivery felt a little wanting. I think the problem is that the narrative is divided between the pumpkin's story and the human one, with neither feeling particularly convincing. Tastes vary of course, so those in the market for new Halloween board books might want to take a look.