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All About Turkeys

November 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT We picked up All About Turkeys at the library and have been enjoying it a great deal during the last few weeks. Author and illustrator Jim Arnosky provides detailed facts and images about the bird that is always late November’s talk of the town: the turkey. Our young fact collector loved [...]

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Gobble Gobble

November 13th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL As my husband and I sat with our specially ordered vegan meals in front of us, I heard the wedding guests sitting on the other side of the table raving about deep frying turkeys and giving pointers to another couple about how to do it and I had an insane urge [...]

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Turk and Runt

November 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Wishbone Farm is a popular place come fall. Pumpkins abound in October. Apples are ripe for the picking. And in November, the public is on the hunt for the perfect turkey. But it seems that only Runt, the smallest turkey of his four-member family understands what that means. His brother [...]

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Sometimes It’s Turkey, Sometimes It’s Feathers

May 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY I’d first heard of Lorna Balian’s picture book Sometimes It’s Turkey, Sometimes It’s Feathers because it was recommended on the Vegetarian Resource Group’s veg parents listserv. Then I noticed that readers had also listed it on Goodreads as a good book for vegetarian and vegan kids. So of course I had [...]

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Too Many Turkeys

April 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT After visiting Catskill Animal Sanctuary some time ago and meeting a rescued turkey named Ethel and her cohort, I became enamored with turkeys in a way that I hadn’t known was possible.  They are so cool!  So when I came upon the book Too Many Turkeys, I held my breath with each page I [...]

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I Am a Turkey

January 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY This lighthearted picture book gives kids a realistic view of what the lives of wild turkeys are like. If you’ve ever been to a farm or farm sanctuary, you might be surprised to learn that wild turkeys — who have not been fattened up to be someone’s dinner — can fly [...]

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Thanksgiving in the White House

November 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Abraham Lincoln’s son, Tad (also called Tadpole by his father), was a sure spitfire in the White House, allegedly bombarding the Cabinet Room door with a toy cannon, amongst other antics. In Gary Hines’ Thanksgiving in the White House, readers learn about Tad’s friendship with an exceptional turkey named Jack [...]

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Gracias, The Thanksgiving Turkey

November 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Where in the world do I start with this book? The Latina in me loves the fact that this holiday tale is about a Puerto Rican family living in a bustling, close-knit burrow in New York City, but the animal advocate  is frustrated at the blustering disconnects within the text. [...]

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Gus, The Pilgrim Turkey

November 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By ANDREA ZOLLMAN Life on the farm for Gus, a quirky turkey with a penchant for wearing wacky outfits, is carefree and comfortable.  He takes a cue from the Pilgrims  and flees the farm when he learns from his animal friends that he is to be the main course at Thanksgiving dinner. After an [...]

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Our Farm

June 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Farm animals are nothing short of magnificent. Seemingly, they’re more esoteric than our household companion animals, but friendlier and more approachable than say wildlife from the African savannah. Perhaps that’s why we are so enchanted with them. They’re a bit foreign to us city-dwellers, yet at the same time we [...]

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