When Charity comes down with chicken pox on Thanksgiving Day, she must return back home without going to Nana's for wonderful turkey, stuffing, gravy, and cranberry sauce. But don't underestimate Nana! Laurie Halse Anderson's cheerful holiday tale will bring a smile to everyone's face--spotted or not! Full color.
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Kindergarten-Grade 3?Charity's family is rushing around cooking, cleaning, and packing for the annual trek to grandma's house for Thanksgiving dinner. It isn't until her brother Fred sings a song en route about Charity and her spots that her parents stop what they are doing long enough to realize that the child has the chicken pox. The car turns around, heads home, and Thanksgiving, for Charity, is ruined. With the help of some hungry snow plowers, though, Grandma is able to surprise Charity and her family by coming to them with all of the typical Thanksgiving trimmings, complete with a surprise addition bound to get a smile from any child who has had the chicken pox. Watercolor and marker illustrations dominate each page with a profusion of color that almost makes a rainbow seem dull. Donohue mixes patterns and geometric shapes well; checks, stripes, and floral motifs all blend harmoniously on any given page. Turkey Pox serves as both an unusual holiday story and as a rousing complement to other pox books such as Marc Brown's Arthur's Chicken Pox (Little, 1994).?Lisa Marie Gangemi, Sousa Elementary School, Port Washington, NY
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Ages 4^-7. Anxious for her favorite roast turkey dinner at Nana's, Charity is up at dawn, scratching and watching as her family prepares for Thanksgiving. On the snowy drive to Grandmother's house, Charity's chicken pox is discovered, so her father turns the car around and heads home. The disappointed child is longing for her traditional holiday celebration when Grandma arrives with roast turkey and four snowplow drivers: she has offered them dinner in exchange for a ride to Charity's house. The bright watercolor paintings illustrate the story with warmth, humor, and a certain down-home zaniness. Featuring a satisfying story and appealing illustrations, this picture book is just right for reading aloud to classes in the fall, before the Thanksgiving holidays, and in the spring, during chicken pox season. Carolyn Phelan
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Miss Breier's Second Grade in Waterville loves Turkey Pox!,
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Turkey Pox is not your average Thanksgiving story. It's about a girl named Charity who gets the Chicken Pox on Thanksgiving. Her family has to cancel their trip to Nana's for Thanksgiving dinner, so Nana brings Thanksgiving dinner to them. There are many funny parts in this story, especially when we learned about what turkey pox were! The pictures help make the story hilarious. We think kids would love reading this book because all kids get the chicken pox. We think the author and illustrator worked very hard to come up with a creative story.
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I read this book to my preschool class this year and they loved it! It's fun to change your voice for the various characters. Definitely a good read aloud for young children!
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This is a really cute book for small children. I read it to the children I babysit and they just loved it. They especially liked the pictures, and I reccomend this book. It really holds children's attention!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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