With the great Pumpkin Lobotomy and Pumpkinfest looming (Oct. 22 and 21, respectively), what better setting to inspire a whimsical childrens book about carving the first pumpkin than Keene? Maybe it’s just natural then that all these jack-o-lanterns have moved Graphics Design Professor Rebecca Davis-Kelly and her husband Kevin to create Scooped: the Forgotten Tale of the First Pumpkin Carving, the delightful story of Professor von Junk, a lonely inventor who longed to also be a poet, painter, musician, and Broadway director. The frustrated von Junk created an audience of jack-o-lanterns to watch his first show, the townspeople caught on, and a wonderful yearly tradition was born! Just in time for Pumpkinfest!

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