A Thanksgiving Turkey
What's This Book About
Every year Granddad tries to track down an old tom turkey that’s been roosting in his woods for as a long as he can remember. His grandson is also caught up in the challenge. All through spring, summer, and fall, the two try to corner the wily bird.One cold morning just before Thanksgiving, the gobbler answers the turkey caller right away. As the call gets closer, the excitement builds, but so does Granddad’s uneasiness. His grandson begins to wonder what this elusive bird actually means to the old man.Ronald Himler’s watercolors capture rural Virginia’s beauty in this moving, intergenerational story.
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Julian Scheer (1926-2001) was a native Virginian and a graduate of the University of North Carolina. He began his career as a journalist, and later became an administrator for NASA’s public affairs and a trustee for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. After the lunar landing, Scheer was awarded NASA’s highest recognition, the Distinguished Service Medal. He wrote two books for children and three books for adults.
Ronald Himler is the award-winning illustrator of more than 75 books for children. He lives in the desert outside of Tuscon, Arizona and can be visited online at ronhimler.com
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780823416745
- Publication Date
- December 3, 2005
- Publisher
- Holiday House
- Original Publication Date
- September 1, 2001
- Page Count
- 32
- Word Count
- 2049
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2001016644
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 45841500
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~681L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~P
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.4
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 53927
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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