A Turkey for Thanksgiving

by Eve Bunting

Other authorsDiane De Groat (Illustrator)

Paperback, 1991

Status

Check shelf

Call number

E B

Genres

Children's Books

Collection

HOLIDAYS (RED label, Everybody Holidays shelf)

Publication

Scholastic (1991), Edition: 1st, 28 pages

Description

Mr. and Mrs. Moose try to invite a turkey to their Thanksgiving feast.

Local notes

1907-026

User reviews

LibraryThing member MelanieRoss

I thought this was a great Thanksgiving holiday story. It is about a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Moose, who are getting ready to have a nice Thanksgiving lunch with many of their friends including sheep, rabbit, and porcupine. Mrs. Moose explained to Mr. Moose that she wishes they could have a real turkey

for Thanksgiving; therefore, Mr. Moose decides to go find a turkey for Mrs. Moose. On his journey, he passes many of this friends including sheep, rabbit, porcupine, and the goats; all tag along to help find the turkey. Before long, Mr. Moose returns home with all of their friends including the turkey, who thinks he is going to be cooked as their meal. Mr. and Mrs. Moose explain to him that he is their friend and not their meal.
I would read this to children in kindergarten through third grade. A great time to read this is during the Thanksgiving holiday. When children hear this story they are able to understand the importance of family and friends. Another good time to read this is when students are learning about animals because there are various types of animals throughout the book.

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LibraryThing member MacKAdams

This is a story about Thanksgiving dinner with the Mooses' family and friends. Mrs. Moose really wants to have a real turkey for Thanksgiving, so they all go looking for one. When they find the turkey, the turkey thinks he is going to be eaten for dinner. When they get to the house he learns, he is

just invited as a friend.

While reading this book, I was getting upset that the turkey would be eaten, because he was so friendly. I was happy with the ending.

This story could be used during Thanksgiving to talk about traditions each student's family practices.

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LibraryThing member Frye

Great Thanksgiving holiday story. It is about a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Moose, who are getting ready to have a nice Thanksgiving lunch with many of their friends. I would read this to children in kindergarten through third grade. A great time to read this is during the Thanksgiving holiday.

LibraryThing member JNino

This book has fantastic illustrations. This book follows Mr. and Mrs. Moose as they invite all their friends over for Thanksgiving. This only problem is, their good friend Turkey is no where to be found. Mr. and Mrs. Moose go looking for Turkey because they realize that Turkey thinks hes going to

become dinner and not just a guest. A super cute book to use with 2nd or third grade to teach them about animals and Thanksgiving.

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LibraryThing member matthewbloome

The turkey that is invited to dinner believes that he is destined to be the main course rather than an honored guest. It takes everyone's help to convince him to finally feel at ease at the table. Fun story for Thanksgiving reading though it certainly could dissuade an oversensitive child from

eating the bird on the table.

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LibraryThing member kmann63

All of the animals go out searching for a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. They eventually find one and to the turkey's surprise they are all eating a vegetarian meal and he is the guest of honor. They never planned to eat him, even though it seems like it at first. This would be a lot of fun as a

read aloud around Thanksgiving time in the library.

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LibraryThing member lmeza

Liked it :)

LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26

When Mrs. Moose expresses a desire to have a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner in this humorous seasonal picture-book, Mr. Moose sets out to fulfill her wish, eventually joined by woodland friends like Rabbit, Mr. & Mrs Goat and Sheep. To Mr. Moose's surprise, when they find Turkey down by the

riverside, that meleagrine figure takes off, leaving our hero to corral him, and make sure he shows up to dinner...

Young readers and listeners will immediately understand Turkey's motivation in A Turkey for Thanksgiving, and will most likely be amused by Mr. Moose's confusion. Turkey, of course, thinks that he will be the dinner, whereas the cervine couple who wish to have him, intend only to make him a guest at their table, rather than the main course. This sort of story, which allows the child in on a joke that the book characters do not understand, is often quite entertaining for young people, although I think very sensitive audiences might find it somewhat distressing as well. I also think that a story such as this might lead to a discussion about dietary customs and habits—meat-eating vs. vegetarianism, and so on–so adult readers might want to bear that in mind as well.

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