The Story of a Pumpkin: A Traditional Tale from Bhutan

In The Story of a Pumpkin, a traditional tale from Bhutan, a childless couple become parents to a young pumpkin. He works in their fields until the day he leaves home to find a wife. The pumpkin, upon his marriage to a princess, breaks apart when he falls from a mango tree. From the broken parts of the pumpkin steps a handsome man.

This bilingual folktale is published in both Nepali and English, and is written and illustrated by new residents of New Hampshire from Bhutan. This book is the culmination of the two-year Bhutanese Nepali Folktale Book Project conducted by the New Hampshire Humanities Council through their adult literacy program, Connection.