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Summary
Sit down, Mother, and tell me again. When are my uncles coming? When? Pressed against the windowsill in breathless anticipation, a little girl cannot wait for her beloved uncles to arrive for Thanksgiving dinner. She begs her mother to tell her about each and every one of them. What follows is a lyrical duet culminating in the whole house rollicking with music, dance, song, and a joyous feast. And just as they finish their reverie, who should that be coming around the bend? A holiday tale perfectly suited to any child who has waited impatiently for the arrival of favorite relatives to turn a special day info one of true thanksgiving.
Author Notes
Award-winning author Margaret Willey writes in many different genres. All of her books and stories come from a personal place. She is the author of The 3 Bears and Goldilocks (2008), A Summer of Silk Moths (2009), Four Secrets (2012), Beetle Boy (2014) and the Clever Beatrice Series.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-This old-fashioned story is a welcome addition to the (not very long) list of appealing Thanksgiving titles. Eagerly awaiting the arrival of her six uncles, the unnamed narrator urges her mother to describe her brothers and recall their past holidays together. Willey's rhyming text takes the form of a dialogue between mother and daughter. Individual speakers are easily identified because the girl's contributions are printed in italics. Bloom's illustrations, reminiscent of artwork by Diane Goode and Rockwell Kent, suit the gentle tone of the simple plot. Details of costume, architecture, and landscape suggest a seaside setting sometime in the first part of the 20th century. The child's excitement and anticipation, however, can easily be shared by contemporary kids preparing for a family holiday. Keep this one on the shelves year round; it's a charming portrait of country people celebrating their love for one another with song, dance, and good times.-Lisa Dennis, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
A young girl eagerly awaits her uncles' arrival for Thanksgiving. The rhymed conversation between mother and daughter lovingly celebrates their relationships with their larger-than-life relatives. Textured, curvilinear illustrations convey the warm atmosphere anticipated in the extended family's visit for the holidays. From HORN BOOK Spring 1999, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
In high contrast to the rollicking relatives in Cynthia Rylant's The Relatives Came (1985), this gentle ballad addresses a young girl's quiet anticipation of Thanksgiving Day as she awaits the arrival of her unclesher mother's six brothers. Mother and daughter curl up together and wistfully gaze out the window and down the road, savoring fond memories of a bygone childhood in a house by the sea. The two imagine the feast and the good times about to be had. ``Oh the kitchen will quake, the oven will roar, the music will flow from window and door!'' Each farmer uncle is defined by a single characteristicstrong or tall, warbling or near-sighted. The lanky, Abe-Lincolnish uncles arrive at last and the promise of singing and raising the planks is certain to be fulfilled. Umbered hillsides and shredded-wheat haystacks boast a pre-industrial agrarian setting matching the slower pace of this reminiscence, calling to mind such classics as Virginia Lee Burton's The Little House (1943), and offering a glimpse of a pastoral, biscuits-and-gravy life among solid farm folk. (Picture book. 4-7)
Booklist Review
Ages 4^-7. The title puts this book in with the holiday books, but its lure is the jaunty text and whimsical artwork that can be appreciated all year long. With her mother, a little girl waits for her uncles to come home from the sea for the Thanksgiving holiday. As they wait, Mother reminisces about Cory, Fred, Davey, Joe, Henry, and Will. The rhyming text tells of Cory, who sings louder than the morning crows, and bookworm Davy, who can't see past his nose. As Mother describes her brothers, they come to life through her words as well as through the stylized pictures that brim with vitality and good cheer. The text, which skips between the young narrator's questions and her mother's answers, is earthy in its descriptions of the brothers and their hearty feast, and melodic as it talks about the music the brothers will make as they play their instruments. Set sometime in the past century, the book has both the charm of yesteryear and plenty of spunk for today's audience. --Ilene Cooper