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Dargent, Nathalie

The Christmas Feast

32 pp. | Eerdmans | August, 2020 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8028-5537-4 $17.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Magali Le Huche. Fox, Weasel, and Wolf decide to steal a turkey for their Christmas feast--but things don't turn out as planned. Turkey scolds and bullies her "captors" into straightening up the burrow, wiping their paws before they enter, gathering materials for Christmas decorations, etc. Meanwhile, though the hapless trio claims they are waiting to fatten her up before they turn her into dinner, she's cooking delicious meals and making their house into a home--which, it turns out, they enjoy. While decidedly not a new story, this one is notable for the liveliness of its telling and the humor (particularly in the body language of bossy Turkey and cowed trio) and child-pleasing detail in its illustrations.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2020

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