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Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down [Hardcover]

Sandra Boynton (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)


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January 5, 1986
Dedicated to Whom It May Concern, Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down is Sandra Boynton's hilarious commentary and 150 full-color drawings identifying the ubiquitous turkey's distinguishing characteristics and most common habitats. Any similarity to actual persons living or in Los Angeles is strictly unintentional, including the stuff on page 54 that will remind many people of Snigbert Knuddsen.

From the turkeys extremely large ego to its arrogant behavior, the traits are classified. Boynton traces the turkey's influence on history, the neighborhood, the family, more. Several profiles in turkitude and a pop quiz further uncover turkeys in the immediate vicinity.

Forewarned is forearmed: turkeys possess absolutely unwarranted and absolutely unshakable self-confidence. They insist on high visibility, and can show up at a party, in an argument, on the jogging path. The reader's best defense is through study of this important manual, keying in on the single most important turkey fact: a turkey never knows that it is a turkey.


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From Publishers Weekly

Boynton's greeting cards featuring cute, likable animals have been deservedly popular. Here she uses similar critters in a book that aims to spoof human "turkeys," who are like nerds but are self-confident, she writes. Although her drawings continue to be simple and appealing, the overall theme is too diffuse and the humor often feeble. There are familiar pokes at people who talk in movie theaters and who drop by for visits unannounced. There are ineffective word plays (prehistoric turkeys included the "Cro-Turgnon," and Boynton is listed as a Ph.T.). And, inexplicably, a note to the reader is signed by the author, the publisher and "William Shakespeare, bard." This is a jumble, and the gems ("the most distinctive characteristic of a Medical Turkey is its very large bill") are too rare.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Back Cover

They sit behind you in movie theaters.

They're ahead of you in line at the grocery store.

They handle your insurance claims.

WHO ARE THESE GUYS, ANYWAY?

Wonder no more!

Now, with this handy full-color field guide, you will be able to identify with confidence any turkey that comes along and won't go away.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (January 5, 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0894800132
  • ISBN-13: 978-0894800139
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,032,382 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sandra Boynton is a popular American humorist, songwriter, children's author and illustrator. Boynton has written and illustrated more than forty books for both children and adults, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, and four music albums. Although she does not license her characters to be redrawn or adapted, she has herself designed???for various companies???calendars, wallpaper, bedding, stationery, paper goods, clothing, jewelry, and plush toys.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars hilarious, April 28, 1999
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This is the type of book that is necessary after a day of rude bus drivers, irritating cashiers, long lines and bad attitudes in general. There's a turkey for every occasion, atturkey's-at-law, health food turkeys, parent turkeys, guest turkeys that never leave. It's incredible.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical!, July 7, 2011
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If you don't laugh out loud while reading this book then you are indeed a turkey. I have all her grown -up books and am at present collecting the children's books. Ms. Boyton's drawings =the expressions on her characters' faces= plus the written description causes me to scream out loud no matter how many times I read them. Highly recommend.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, December 18, 2011
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The book was said to be new but instead I got a crusty disgusting book. It looked like a book you would get from the library and smelled like someone had read it on the toilet then sent it to me. When I am told a book is new and I am paying for a new book I expect it
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