The Little Green WItch by Barbara Barbieri McGrath, illustrated by Martha Alexander is a Halloween take-off on The Little Red Hen. Little Green Witch lives in a hollow tree with a ghost, a bat and a gremlin. The witch finds some pumpkin seeds and goes through all the planting, watering, and picking with the three others refusing to help her. She makes a huge pumpkin pie and, of course, that is when the others come to help her eat it. Fans of the original story will enjoy the surprise ending.
This is a great non-scary book to share with preschoolers for Halloween story times.