Little Brother Pumpkin Head — Lucia Panzieri

A boy has a little brother on the way. His mother is eating much pumpkin―pumpkin soup, pumpkin dumplings, pumpkin ravioli and pumpkin pie. At first the boy is happy to think that this pumpkin diet will give his new baby brother red hair, which the boy is very fond of. Then the boy has a nightmare where his brother has a pumpkin head with nothing inside but seeds and pulp!

So the boy devises a rescue plan―to fill his brother's head with the names of plants and animals and important people, to tell the baby stories and teach him important things.