A Turkey for Thanksgiving

by Eve Bunting

Book Overview

Mr. and Mrs. Moose invite all their animal friends for Thanksgiving dinner and the only one missing is Turkey. When they set out to find him, Turkey is quaking with fear because he doesn't realize that his hosts want him at their table, not on it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395742129
• ISBN13: 9780395742129
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.7" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Everyone has a turkey for Thanksgiving!

Everyone has a turkey for Thanksgiving. They’ll stop at nothing to get one and they’re all in on it but the turkey. Great books and excellent illustrations.

A Turkey For Thanksgiving

This book is a wonderful book for any age. The pictures are well drawn and the story is funny. I love the line "Turkey runs faster." I would recommend this book to anyone.

Ms. Wirey's Class Book Review

This book is about Thanksgiving. We all thought that this book was really funny. We learned that having friends is good. Our class learned some new words. The book told us what happens at Thanksgiving. Everyone one should read this good book.

This delightful book evokes the true spirit of Thanksgiving!

When selecting books for our children, I try to pick stories that will hold their attention, provide an important message, and involve animals and/or nature. Eve Bunting’s book A Turkey For Thanksgiving has all of these criteria - and more! It is also a good book for children who are vegetarians or vegans. In A Turkey For Thanksgiving Mrs. Moose is preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for her and Mr. Moose’s animal friends. However, this year she has decided that she wants a turkey for dinner so Mr. Moose, joined by his friends, sets off to find one. Eventually a turkey is found by the river and brought back for dinner. The terrified turkey is delighted, and relieved, to learn that he isn’t the main course, but a guest at this vegetarian feast! This delightful book evokes the true spirit of Thanksgiving. –Reviewed by Glenn Perrett

A surprising and heart-warming end!

Mr. Moose wants to make his wife happy by finding her a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner. All the guests join in to look for the bird. The poor turkey is so afraid that he is reluctent to go with them. He (and we readers) find out in the end that they don't want him to be ON the table. Instead they want him to be AT the table to celebrate the holiday with them together. I like this book because its surprising and heart-warming ending. When I was told that TURKEY is a symbol of Thanksgiving, I used to think "Of course, turkey is the main dish in our Thanksgiving dinner". Now I have discovered the new meaning of Thanksgiving.

GREAT STORY FOR VEGETARIANS

THIS STORY OFFERS A HUMANE WAY OF CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING. CHILDREN'S NATURAL EMPATHY FOR ANIMALS MAKES THIS STORY A WINNER!