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It’s Halloween on The Children’s Hour, and we’re digging into pumpkins!
We learn the history of Jack-o-Lanterns, how many pumpkins we use at Halloween, why we trick-or-treat, and what it means when you see a teal pumpkin.
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Pumpkin Spice Learn-Along Guide

title | artist | album | duration | label |
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Halloween (The Night That I Love) | Danny Weinkauf | Dinosaurs and Metaphors | 03:11 | 2020 Red Pants Music |
Gimme a Smile (The Pumpkin Song) | Andrew Gold & Greg Prestopino | Halloween Howls: Fun & Scary Music | 03:58 | 1996 Music For Little People |
The Great Pumpkin Waltz (Instrumental) | Vince Guaraldi | It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown | 00:27 | 2018 Lee Mendelson Film Productions., Under license to Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. |
Allegretto autunnale (Instrumental) | Dee Yan-Key | single | 00:27 | 2021 Dee Yan-Key |
Pumpkin Seed (Instrumental) | Keith Bear | Earthlodge | 00:21 | 2000 Makoche Music |
On Top of It (Instrumental) | Blue Dot Sessions | Moon Juice | 00:47 | 2020 Blue Dot Sessions |
Adobe Dog House (Instrumental) | Gideon Freudmann | Adobe Dog House | 01:33 | 1997 Gideon Freudmann |
The Pumpkin Patch | The Happy Racers | A Scary Very Halloween | 02:27 | 2019 Burton Avenue Music |
Pumpkin Man | John McCutcheon | John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Autumnsongs | 02:19 | 1998 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. |
The Pumpkin's Lullabye (Instrumental) | Wessell Anderson | Warmdaddy In The Garden Of Swing | 01:01 | 2021 |
Why Can't Every Day Be Halloween | Triple Rainbow | Why Can't Every Day Be Halloween - Single | 02:44 | 2021 Brave New People |
Owl's Dream (Radio Version) | G'Raph | Happily Ever Now (Radio Versions) | 02:02 | 2021 Raphael Groten |
One Little Jack-o-Lantern | Blue Moon Boy | Critters! Creatures! Cryptids! - EP | 02:12 | 2019 Blue Moon Boy |
Party Monsters (feat. FYUTCH) | Suzi Shelton | Party Monsters - Single | 02:54 | 2021 3383863 Records DK |
Return of the Gucci Ghost (Instrumental) | Donnie Ozone | single | 01:30 | FMA 2021 Donnie Ozone |
Yvette (Instrumental) | Monolog Rockstars | Groene Vingers (Original Soundtrack) - EP | 01:18 | 2020 Humanworkshop |
Boo, Cackle, Trick or Treat | Sue Schnitzer | Boo, Cackle, Trick or Treat | 02:38 | 2002 Wee Bee Music |
Spooky Wooky | Itty Bitty Beats | Spooky Wooky - Single | 02:10 | 2021 Itty Bitty Beats |
A Severed Head, Speaking (Instrumental) | Haunted Corpse | Dirges for the Undead | 00:54 | 2018 - FMA Haunted Corpse |
Five Little Pumpkins | Raffi | Singable Songs for the Very Young | 00:30 | 1996 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group |
Paint My Pumpkin Teal | Kyle Dine | Paint My Pumpkin Teal - Single | 02:16 | 2017 Kyle Dine |
Spooky Halloween Night | EVT Kids | Spooky Halloween Night - Single | 02:47 | 2021 Corrientes Music Recordings |
Ghost Chicken | Keith Munslow | Ghost Chicken - Single | 03:05 | 2020 Keith Munslow |
Have You Seen It? (Instrumental) | Dr. Frankenstein | single | 01:29 | 2005 FMA Andre Joachim |
What Am I Gonna Be (For Halloween)? | The Laurie Berkner Band | Let's Go! | 01:53 | 2021 Two Tomatoes Records, LLC., Distributed by Concord. |
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