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Grandma Lena's Big Ol' Turnip (Albert Whitman Prairie Books (Paperback)) by Denia Lewis Hester; Jackie Urbanovic is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P>Grandma Lena takes good care of the turnips she plants in her garden. One turnip grows so big that Grandma can't pull it out of the ground! Even when Grandpa, Uncle Izzy, and the dog help Grandma yank and tug, the big ol' turnip doesn't budge.</p><h3>Nicole Peterson - Children's Literature</h3><p>Grandma Lena had a personal philosophy that anything worth doing was worth doing right. When she started a garden full of turnips, she took good care of it, and the result was a turnip so large that she had to enlist the help of Uncle Isadore, Aunt Netty, the dog, and even the baby to get the turnip out of the ground. This story was adapted from a Russian folk tale by Aleksey Tolstoy. This refreshing book teaches the lesson of the harvest, the value of hard work, and some traditional African-American cookery commonly known as soul food. The expressive illustrations compliment the story well. One of the best illustrations is of all four adults tugging on the turnip greens. The expressions on the faces of the adults shows that they are pulling with all of their might. Children who are familiar with this neighborhood culture will be able to relate well with this story, and children who

Author

Denia Lewis Hester; Jackie Urbanovic

Publisher

Albert Whitman & Company

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781497652347

Subjects

Fiction, Children'S, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.81 / 5 (41 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14