Book Review: A Plump and Perky Turkey
November 14, 2008 by Elizabeth Donovan, M. A.
Filed under Great Books for Girls
In honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, the next couple of weeks I will be posting my favorite “Thanksgiving” themed books for your reading pleasure.
Drum roll....dum, dum, dee-dum!
Announcing this weeks pick: A Plump and Perky Turkey by Teresa Bateman and Jeff Shelly (illustrator). First, does it get any cuter than the title? That alone makes me and my girls giggle. But this book goes way beyond it’s promising title to deliver an adorably whitty, funny, and captivating tale of a turkey who desperately wants to escape being “eaten.” Yes, Pete the turkey is extremely smart and daring as he comes up with brilliant ways to disguise himself from those who would want to take a bite of his wing.
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What my daughters and I love most about this book is the with wonderful rhythm and rhyme in the text. The pictures are full of interesting details and often quite funny. I find that all of us do a lot of laughing throughout the story and they ask to read the “turkey book” every night.
My daughter’s kindergarten class is also making “turkeys” and reading the book as a classroom project for the Thanksgiving holiday. Each child has been asked to “disguise” a turkey with their favorite costume. I love this project because it also reinforces both reading comprehension and tactile and artistic learning. Get creative. Combining and book your children love to read with an art project is great learning fun for you both!
My girls give this book a “Turkey” two thumbs up!
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We love that book and I used to read it to my class all the time when I taught. Have a great weekend
It sounds like a fun book! I’ve been checking out Thanksgiving books at the library for them since they’re at the age now that they want to know everything about holidays and traditions. This sounds like another good one I should check into!
sounds like a fun book, I will have to look for it
Very cute! I will have to look for this one!
Thanks for sharing books! I just love children’s books, the rhyming, the illustrations, the predictability–and the surprises.
Can’t wait to read this! My 4 yr. old already said that there is no way that she is eating turkey this year. A vegetarian in the making??? Although she said she will not give up bacon or deer meat?? So maybe not!!
Be sure to stop by my blog for my award ceremony! Who knows?? Just maybe there might be a surprise over there for you!!!
Take Care and thanks for the great book suggestion!
Jen