*Review* Turkey's Birthday Bash by Wendi Silvano

 

Genre: Children's 3-7 years

Published: September 10, 2024

Pages: 40

Turkey’s big day is filled with surprises in this fun addition to the much-loved Turkey Trouble series.

It’s Turkey’s birthday, but no one is celebrating. In fact, no one even seems to know about it. Even stranger, Farmer Jake and his family are up to something in the backyard. And Turkey isn’t allowed to see what it is. Good thing he knows how to be sneaky―and that his friends help him put together the best disguises. Turkey dresses up as everything from a candle to a cupcake, but try as he might, he can’t get past the family. It just may be that Turkey is in for a birthday surprise or two…

I received a copy of this book through Netgalley. This is my honest review. 

This was a silly story about a turkey who is having a birthday, and he very much wants to have a pizza party to celebrate his big day. He spends the day spying on the farmers family to try and figure out if they're going to throw him a pizza party. In order to not get caught spying, he dresses up in a lot of different disguises to try to avoid detection. 

This was a really fun read and I would absolutely be okay reading it a few times to my kids (if they were still the right age for that). The illustrations were understated but silly, and they did a wonderful job of showing Turkey's antics. They also really humanized the animals. 

Overall I give Turkey's Birthday Bash 4.3967 out of 5 stars. - Katie 

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Wendi Silvano was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has lived in Oregon, Colorado, and Peru. The author of the Turkey Trouble series, she has a BA in early childhood education and taught preschool and elementary school for eleven years. She is the mother of five children and the owner of an assortment of odd pets that are not nearly as clever as Turkey. She now writes from her home in Colorado, where she enjoys hiking, reading, and playing the piano. Visit her online at www.wendisilvano.com.

Lee Harper is the author-illustrator of the books The Emperor’s Cool Clothes and Snow! Snow! Snow! Lee is also the illustrator of the Turkey Trouble series by Wendi Silvano as well as the Woolbur series, written by Leslie Helakoski. A father of four, he lives on a small farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his wife Krista, a German shepherd, a barn cat, three sheep, two pigs, fifteen chickens, a gulp of barn swallows, and a murder of crows…but still no turkeys! In addition to writing and illustrating picture books, Lee enjoys visiting schools. Visit Lee online at www.leeharperart.com and at Stella’s Farm on YouTube.