A Turkey for Thanksgiving

Every year turkeys are a traditional meal at the dinner table. In A Turkey for Thanksgiving, Mr. Moose is searching for a turkey for thanksgiving dinner for Mrs. Moose and their friends that will be over for dinner. Mr. Moose begins the search for a turkey on Thanksgiving morning. While on his search for a turkey he picks up his friends who are willing to help search for a turkey that Mrs. Moose wants. His friends Mr and Mrs Goat know exactly where a turkey lives and they all head down to the river to find him. When they get to the river they find the perfect, fat turkey they were looking for and manage to catch the turkey and head back home for dinner.

This book would obviously be a great book to read near or on Thanksgiving day. It is a rather long story but his great pictures to follow along with. All the characters in the book in drawn well and the environment reminds me of what it looks like when it is Thanksgiving here. The emotions of the animals in the books are shown clearly through their facial expressions and can be a focal point to discussion of the book. I think that young to middle range audiences would enjoy this book. It keeps you wondering what is going to happen on the next page. Will they find the turkey? Do they catch the turkey? Questions that race through the audiences mind will be answered with the turn of a page. The book has a good story line and I personally enjoyed it. I found myself wondering what was going to happen next and where that turkey was too. If you haven't read this book I would recommend it as a holiday story to a class or to family. Everyone will enjoy!