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In this hilarious modern spoof of a favorite holiday song, the trip to Grandfather's house is no peaceful sleigh ride!
Author Notes
Lydia Maria Child was born in Medford, Massachusetts on February 11, 1802. She was educated at home, at a local dame school, and at a nearby women's seminary. Her first novel, Hobomok, was published in 1824. Her other novels include The Rebels or Boston before the Revolution, The First Settlers, Philothea, and Romance of the Republic. She wrote advice books including The Frugal Housewife, The Mother's Book, The Little Girl's Own Book, and The Freedmen's Book. She was an abolitionist, women's rights activist, and Indian rights advocate. She wrote books about these causes including An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans, Anti-Slavery Catechism, and An Appeal for the Indians. She was also the author of Over the River and Through the Wood (A Boy's Thanksgiving Day). She died on October 20, 1880.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 6Catrow brings new meaning to the classic words and pastoral images usually connected with Child's poem, written in 1844. In this modern adaptation, two parents, three children, and a cat travel in a minivan through a snowstorm, traffic jam, and a Thanksgiving Day parade to grandfather's house. After leaning out of the car window to get a closer look at a horse, the baby joins the parade by flyingthrough the air, in and out of a tuba, onto a giant balloon that collides with an airplaneand then parachuting with his baby blanket. Catrow gives these zany adventures life and humor with his caricatures featuring exaggerated expressions and different perspectives. The large format will attract young readers, but older children who know a more traditional rendition of this poem will enjoy the contrast with this version even more. The visual appeal of this book just might make it transcend the pumpkin-pie season. Consider shelving this rollicking romp with your picture books to give it more exposure.Gale W. Sherman, Pocatello Public Library, ID (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Like a Mad magazine satire in both illustration style and intent, this urban take on Child's pastoral ditty pokes fun at tradition. Catrow's (She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!) trip to Grandfather's house involves a van with uptight parents, crying kids and a baby who escapes into the lavish Macy's parade. The baby's mishaps are amusing, but, like all satire, the joke depends on the audience's familiarity with the original work. Young children will fare better with Nadine Bernard Westcott's softer interpretation or Christopher Manson's reverent version (both 1993); this one is for grade-school sophisticates. Ages 4-8. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
In this reissue (1994), Manson's vibrant, textured illustrations capture the verve and enthusiasm of Child's well-known holiday poem, feeling as old-fashioned as the original 1844 verse and yet timelessly festive. Thick, black-lined woodcuts painted with watercolor in shades of brown and blue, touches of green, and plenty of snowy white create a pleasing wintry rural setting. Each framed spread serves as a snapshot of daily nineteenth-century work and play that complements the six verses included here. A brief note about the poem's origin is on the copyright page, and sheet music appears on the back endpapers. cynthia k. ritter (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Over the river and through the wood/ To grandfather's house away!/ We would not stop/ For doll or top,/ For 'tis Thanksgiving Day. . . ."" Our chief reaction on seeing Lydia Maria Child's verses in cold print is that they are hardly worth Brinton Turkle's lavish attention. At any rate, the illustrations -- soft sepia views of Grandmother and Grandfather preparing the feast, bordered by ornate facsimiles of photo-album frames and alternating with subtly colored double-page Christmas card scenes of the well-dressed younger family's sleigh ride and arrival -- are suitably steeped in nostalgia and brimming with merriment. A proper showcase for what many will continue to remember as a ""classic American poem."" Piano and guitar accompaniment appended. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Ages 5-8. The familiar Thanksgiving poem set to music gets an exceptionally handsome treatment in Manson's color woodcuts. Written 150 years ago, Child's poem was originally 12 verses, but, like most other versions, this book uses the traditional six. The beautiful two-page spreads depict a nineteenth-century holiday complete with sleighs, sleds, ice skates, and, of course, Grandma's house and pumpkin pie. The detailed art, which is reminiscent of Currier and Ives prints, will get second and third looks, right down to the charming endpapers, on which the music and words appear. (Reviewed Sept. 1, 1993)155858210XIlene Cooper