The Enormous Turnip

by Kathy Parkinson

Book Overview

One of Grandfather's turnips grows to such an enormous size that the whole family including the dog, cat, and mouse try in vain to pull it up. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807520624
• ISBN13: 9780807520628
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

My daughter loves this book!

I found this book at the library and we read it a dozen times a day. I wish it were not out of print. My child is internationally adopted and of Russian decent. I have read several versions of this story with more "traditional" Russian illustrations and they were too long and did not flow as well. We love all the perfectly chosen Russian names for the various characters. The simple pictures and words reveal much about their personalities and relationships as a larger "family" A new twist on the original tale is that a beetle instead of the usual mouse is the one to succeed. I agree that the illustrations are cute but not special. I collect children's books and sometimes what appeals to a child is so subtle as to be missed by even pickiest adult. There is something very endearing about this version.