Fat chance Thanksgiving

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Title:

Fat chance Thanksgiving

Author:

Lakin, Patricia, 1944- author.

Schuett, Stacey, illustrator.

Summary:

When their apartment burns down and they move to a much smaller place, Mama tells Carla they can't have Thanksgiving, but Carla thinks about all the hardships the Pilgrims faced and figures out a way.

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Thanksgiving Day -- Juvenile fiction.

Neighbors -- Juvenile fiction.

Apartment houses -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Schuett, Stacey,

Publisher:

Albert Whitman and Company,

Publication Date:

2001

ISBN:

9780807522882

Publication Information:

Morton Grove, Illinois : Albert Whitman and Company, 2001.

Call Number:

P LAKIN

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607002037524	Holiday Picture Books	LAKIN	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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After the fire burned through Carla and Mama's apartment, all Carla had left was her beloved book, A Pilgrim Thanksgiving. Carla read the book over and over. She pretended to be the smiling Pilgrim girl sitting at the feast table, surrounded by family and friends.A year later, when they were finally in a tiny apartment of their own, Carla asked Mama if they could have a Thanksgiving feast. "Fat chance, " said Mama, who thought there was no room -- and no extra money -- for a big dinner. But Carla didn't give up. She and Julio, her new neighbor and friend, decided the building's lobby would be the perfect location for Thanksgiving dinner. And couldn't the residents all pitch in and bring the food?

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 1-3-In this story set in New York City, Carla and her mother are placed in an apartment after a one-year wait. The child's only possession, saved from a fire that destroyed their belongings, is a book, A Pilgrim Thanksgiving. Carla imagines herself as a Pilgrim girl and identifies her new home as a new land. When she mentions having a Thanksgiving feast, her mother's response is, "Fat chance." Undaunted, the youngster organizes a potluck dinner in the apartment-house lobby where strangers become friends and neighbors. The presentation is somewhat didactic and the ending is not surprising. However, the message is clear. The story and acrylic-and-gouache illustrations showing the Pilgrim feast juxtaposed with the modern urban apartment will be helpful in bringing the two worlds together. The illustrations are clear and colorful and large enough for a read-aloud. At the same time, the text is simple enough for beginning readers and the format will appeal to reluctant readers. This title is likely to have seasonal demand.-Marlene Gawron, Orange County Library, Orlando, FL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.