Albert's Thanksgiving (Aladdin Picture Books)

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Summary: A Story Time winner!
Review: Albert the school handygoose is helping the PTA get ready for the school's annual Thanksgiving feast by harvesting the vegetables and flowers from the school's garden. He just gets started when he receives a note from perky Patsy Pig, PTA President. The continual string of requests from Patsy to do "just one more tiny little job" (such as building tables, baking pumpkin pizzas for the whole school, and cleaning up the picnic area by himself) keeps Albert from his own work and has him nearly tearing out all his feathers in frustration! Leslie Tryon's large, colorful, full-page illustrations capture the flurry of activity that surrounds preparing for Thanksgiving, as well as the exuberence of the feast itself. The comic conclusion will strike a chord with any grown-up who has ever worked on a school committee -- or ever chaired one. This story works well with groups of children ranging from 4 to 8. Their parents like it, too!