Turkey Tumble

by Jonah Newman, Paul Nicholls (Illustrator)

It's harvest day! All through the wood, everyone helps to make the feast good. But two chatty turkeys aren't helping at all. What will happen when they start to fall? It's harvest day! All through the wood, everyone helps to make the feast good. But two chatty turkeys aren't helping at all. What will happen when they start to fall?

Product Details Item #: NTS859207 9781338592078 Paperback Book 32 K - 1 Lexile® AD610L Guided Reading GR Level I DRA 16 ACR 3.3 Key Features Item #: NTS859207 9781338592078 Paperback Book 32 K - 1 Lexile® AD610L Guided Reading GR Level I DRA 16 ACR 3.3

Genres: Thanksgiving, Counting

Paperback

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

Jonah Newman is a cartoonist and editor. As an editor at Graphix, Scholastic's graphic novel imprint, he has worked with Dav Pilkey, Jamar Nicholas, Angeli Rafer, and many others. When he's not creating, editing, or reading comics, you might find Jonah binge-listening to history podcasts, playing in an LGBTQ+ softball league, or getting way too invested in his fantasy baseball team. He lives in Brooklyn with his husband (who's a human) and two kids (who are cats).

Reviews

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two chatty turkeys sit in a tree while woodland animals prepare Thanksgiving diner below.

This picture book teaches teaching up 2-to-9. The rhythm seemed like it wanted to imitate "The 12 Days of Christmas" at times but never succeeded.

Personally, I would have preferred it if the turkeys had just lost their balance and fallen onto the table at the end of the story instead of having beavers cut down the tree in which they were sitting. Beavers typically only cut down trees close to the water where their lodge is located, not randomly in the middle of the forest, and they are usually not really big trees.

Despite having down nothing to help, and having spoiled the meal, the turkeys are welcomed by the other animals at the end, which reminds of the alternate ending to the fable "The Ants and the Grasshopper" in which the ants, after toiling all summer to store food for winter, give food to the starving grasshopper to idled away the summer. This represents the spirit of generosity and sharing, which is associated with Thanksgiving.

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s cute and fun but the rhymes and cadence aren’t perfect, and it throws off a fun and energetic read

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

read to granddaughter