Sometimes It's Turkey, Sometimes It's Feathers ANNOTATION
When she finds a turkey egg, Mrs. Gumm decides to hatch it and have a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
When she finds a turkey egg, Mrs. Gumm decides to hatch it and have a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
FROM THE CRITICS
The Washington Post
Another Thanksgiving picture book with an original twist, Sometimes It's Turkey was first published in 1973; for the reissue, Lorna Balian's daughter has added full color to her mother's exquisite, funny, three-color illustrations. I still don't get the title, but the story is a winner.
— Elizabeth Ward
Children's Literature - Marilyn Courtot
This story written thirty years ago has been give a fresh new look by the authors daughter who has added full color to her mother's illustrations. It is not an unfamiliar tale. A perky little old lady, Mrs. Gumm, finds a turkey egg and takes loving care of it. Once it hatches, the turkey eats everything in site, but the little lady doesn't mind. She just keeps commenting to her cat "What a fine Thanksgiving dinner we will have." As the seasons pass and the turkey grows plumper, the tension builds. The preparations for the Thanksgiving dinner have been made, the hatchet has been sharpened, but Mrs. Gumm can't dispatch her turkey. Instead she invites it to join her and cat for a Thanksgiving dinner. After all there is always next year. Other stories about the inability to dispatch the bird for dinner include Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey by Joy Cowley with illustrations by Joe Cepeda (Scholastic), Holiday House's A Thanksgiving Turkey by Julian Scheer with illustrations by Ronald Himler, and A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting with illustrations by Diane de Groat (Clarion). There are also several amusing books with turkey's outwitting those who plan to have them for dinner. Younger kids may be disturbed, older readers will chuckle at the humor. 2004 (orig. 1973), Star Bright Books, Ages 4 to 8.
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