Thanksgiving with Me - Hardcover

Willey, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060271132 ISBN 13: 9780060271138

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1998

Synopsis

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.

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Author Bio
Margaret Willey is the author of many young adult novels, including the ALA Best Books The Bigger Book of Lydia and Finding David Delores. She lives in Grand Haven, Michigan.

Illustrator BioLloyd Bloom is the award-winning illustrator of numerous children's books, including Like Jake and Me and Yonder. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

From Kirkus Reviews

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 uncles - her 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 characteristic - strong 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) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0060271132
• ISBN 13: 9780060271138
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Bloom Lloyd