This Little Turkey

by Aly Fronis, Migy Blanco (Illustrator)

Overview

A fun, Thanksgiving-themed twist on the classic nursery rhyme “This Little Piggy”!

This little turkey knitted a sweater.

This little turkey grabbed a treat.

This little turkey set the table.

And this little turkey said, “Let’s eat!”

These little turkeys have a lot of work to do to prepare for Thanksgiving! One goes to the market, one sweeps the floor, one draws pictures, one knits a sweater, and sets the table. Now they're all ready to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499803020
Publisher:	little bee books
Publication date:	09/06/2016
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Aly Fronis was born and raised in Connecticut. She enjoys coming up with story ideas, cooking, and traveling. Aly now lives in New York City, where she works as a children's book editor.

Migy Blanco was born in Salford, England, Migy went to university in London, and then spent 10 years working in advertising and editorial illustration. After marrying, he moved to Buenos Aires. There, surrounded by the vibrancy and colour of South America, he developed a children's book style that is bold, magical and eye-catching. Migy recently moved back to the UK and, for the first time in his life, he is living outside of a mega-city, enjoying nature and exploring new inspiration.

Editorial Reviews

2016-10-19
A board-book twist on "This Little Piggy" has turkeys making the preparations for the family feast. The text echoes the familiar rhyme, even beginning with "This little turkey went to market." Readers already introduced to standard animal-sounds books will wonder what happened when they get to the end and the turkeys sound a lot like the final piggy, singing, "We…we …we... / …wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!" What happened to "gobble-gobble-gobble"? Furthermore, the in-between activities feel selected to suit the rhyme scheme rather than logic: why would a turkey knit a sweater, and what does that have to do with Thanksgiving? Blanco distinguishes the turkeys from one another with clothing and comb style, but they all have the same wattle and chubby wings/arms. Gender stereotyping is incompletely avoided. A turkey in a fedora goes to market, while a turkey wearing a baseball cap and trousers with suspenders "swept the floor." Both male and female birds help set the table, but turkeys in dresses and pompadoured combs mind the little turkeys until supper is served, knit that sweater, and eventually call everyone in to eat. A bit of a turkey itself. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews