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Everyone's favorite First Grade is preparing for Thanksgiving vacation. "Cohen again successfully portrays a busy classroom....Her children are believable as they resolve their differences."--Publishers Weekly.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 2 Anna Maria is bossing the first-grade class around again. This time she writes a play and tells every one what to say and do until nobody wants to be in it at all. Then the class makes a giant turkey out of a box and paper bags. Anna Maria wants to wear it first, but the others ignore her until she is willing to let Louie wear it. The story jumps from Anna Maria's play to making the turkey to making cookies to making a mural, etc. The action is quick and a little frantic, with nothing devel oped in depth. The softly colored pic tures are appealing, humorous, and de pict a true-to-life first-grade classroom. They're stronger than the slight sto ry. Mary Jane Kibby, Eggertsville- Snyder Library, N.Y. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
The most recent book in Cohen's tales of a first-grade class finds the children preparing for Thanksgiving vacation. All the excitement of the holiday amplifies the usual bids for attention in the classroom. But before the day is over, the children once more become a cohesive group, and hurt feelings are sootheduntil the next dilemma. Cohen again successfully portrays a busy classroom, where pleasures and problems overlap in a steady stream of activity. Her children are believableif somewhat wiseas they resolve their differences. Hoban's colorful illustrations capture their expressions of innocence and sincerity. Ages 5-8. (August) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
The latest addition to Cohen and Hoban's admirable series of stories about a first-grade class centers on the day before Thanksgiving vacation. Hoban focuses on the aspects of Thanksgiving that are significant to children: four days off from school and anticipation of a big family dinner. As is typical the day before a holiday, the classroom is tense and the children are excited. Volatile Anna Maria tries to bully her classmates into participating in a play she's written. When they reject her, the teacher steers their energies into creating a life-size turkey costume. Anna Maria manages to be the first person to wear the costume; but when she gracefully yields the turkey to a classmate, the rest of the kids include her in their activities. The strength of this series is in its calm presentation of ""a day in the life"" of a first-grade class; Don't Eat Too Much Turkey! is a good addition. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Ages 4-6. Cohen's first-grade series has quite a following, so there will be a ready audience for this story. It is, however, weaker on plot and organization than the others and functions mainly as a slice-of-life vignette of common primary-school Thanksgiving activities, rounded out with a spat or two between the kids. Principal episodes involve Anna Maria writing a play and bossily directing her classmates. To distract the irritated kids, their teacher suggests making a turkey costume, and then Anna Maria further alienates everyone by demanding to wear it first. Making turkey cookies and painting a Pilgrim-and-Indian mural keep the kids busy until a Thanksgiving snack ends the day. Hoban's repetitive potato-faced kids fill the pages (Asian-faced Louie comes close to being an offensive stereotype). Add this where there is a large demand for the series. DMW. Schools Fiction / Thanksgiving Day Fiction [CIP] 86-25660