A friend is looking for a book she read to her children about 20 years ago. A quote from the book is "slowly among the stars he felt himself lifted, and carried, and laid at last in his own bed. Something rough, like burlap brushed his cheek and he smelled the spicy odor of witch hazel blossoms." The illustration is of a woman lying a young child on a bed covered with a quilt that has stars. Thank you!
Given some pumpkin seeds by his older brothers, a young boy plants them and makes a scarecrow from a witch hazel branch, a gingham dress, and an old bonnet. On the night of the harvest moon, with the wind howling down the chimney, the boy learns the magical secret of the scarecrow, Witch Hazel, the pumpkin, and the harvest moon. Full-color illustrations.