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$16.95
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0805038256
ISBN-13: 9780805038255
Sep 1996
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Grade:
From Preschool to Preschool
Language: English |
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Synopsis
A modern depiction of the traditional Thanksgiving song. In this picture book the family's journey is not a peaceful sleigh ride through snow covered woods, but rather a crowded car trip caught in a traffic jam caused by a Thanksgiving Day parade. Will the family ever make it to grandfather's house and their Thanksgiving feast? Color illustrations accompany the text., An illustrated version of the poem that became a well-known song about a journey through the snow to grandfather's house for Thanksgiving dinner., Well-known together with lesser-known verses to the traditional Thanksgiving song are illustrated from both Grandmother's and the journeying family's point of view.
| Size | | Height: | 11.3 in | | Width: | 9.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 17.6 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "Over the river and through the wood, to grandfather's house we go; the horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through the white and drifted snow."
Industry Reviews
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.)
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K-Gr 6 Catrow 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 flying through the air, in and out of a tuba, onto a giant balloon that collides with an airplane and 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
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Other Editions
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Paperback, 1974 - $0.75 Save 81%
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Paperback, 1999 - $2.49 Save 68%
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