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Pavo Por La Cena De Gracias? No, Gracias! / Turkey for Thanksgiving Dinner? No Thanks! (Cuentos para todo el ano / Stories the year 'round)
A spider helps a turkey find a unique way to avoid being eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.
- GenresPicture BooksHoliday
16 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1991
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Alma Flor Ada
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Dr. Ada was the founder and First Editor in Chief of :
NABE, Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education
She has been active for many years in various professional associations including : IRA, International Reading Association
CRA, California Reading Association
CABE, California Association for Bilingual Education
USIBBY, US Branch of the International Board of Books for Young People
She is a member of :
Advisory Board of Loose Leaf Public Radio Programs
National Television Workshop
Between the Lines
Reading Up!, Natural Head Start Association
A frequent speaker at national and international conferences, Dr. Ada also works in school districts with children, teachers and parents.
The award-winning author of numerous children’s books and a prolific translator, Alma Flor Ada is a leading mentor and philosopher of bilingual education in the United States.
She has authored several reading programs, among them two Spanish reading programs :
Cielo abierto (K-6)
Vamos de fiesta! (K-3)
and of two English reading programs :
Signatures (K-6)
Collections (K- 6)
and is a series consultant for Relatos de la historia (1-5), a Spanish social studies program developed by Harcourt School Publishers.
Among her most substantive contributions to the transmission of Hispanic culture to children are :
Música amiga, a program for learning through songs, published by Del Sol Books
Puertas al Sol - Pathways to the Sun, published by Santillana
Latino poetry, Art, and Biographies for children, published by Santillana
Dr. Ada received her Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Lima, Perú and did post-doctoral research at Harvard University as a Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute and a Fulbright Research Scholar.
Dr. Ada was the founder and First Editor in Chief of :
NABE, Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education
She has been active for many years in various professional associations including : IRA, International Reading Association
CRA, California Reading Association
CABE, California Association for Bilingual Education
USIBBY, US Branch of the International Board of Books for Young People
She is a member of :
Advisory Board of Loose Leaf Public Radio Programs
National Television Workshop
Between the Lines
Reading Up!, Natural Head Start Association
A frequent speaker at national and international conferences, Dr. Ada also works in school districts with children, teachers and parents.
The award-winning author of numerous children’s books and a prolific translator, Alma Flor Ada is a leading mentor and philosopher of bilingual education in the United States.
She has authored several reading programs, among them two Spanish reading programs :
Cielo abierto (K-6)
Vamos de fiesta! (K-3)
and of two English reading programs :
Signatures (K-6)
Collections (K- 6)
and is a series consultant for Relatos de la historia (1-5), a Spanish social studies program developed by Harcourt School Publishers.
Among her most substantive contributions to the transmission of Hispanic culture to children are :
Música amiga, a program for learning through songs, published by Del Sol Books
Puertas al Sol - Pathways to the Sun, published by Santillana
Latino poetry, Art, and Biographies for children, published by Santillana
Dr. Ada received her Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Lima, Perú and did post-doctoral research at Harvard University as a Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute and a Fulbright Research Scholar.
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November 17, 2021
This unique Thanksgiving book about an escaped turkey references Charlotte's Web and promotes vegetarianism. Very enjoyable!
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November 23, 2021
Turkey for Thanksgiving Dinner? No Thanks! is a sweet holiday-themed story that draws its inspiration, and one of its pivotal characters, from the story of Charlotte's Web. A turkey living in an old-fashioned farmyard has few cares in life, until he overhears the farmers' plans for him come Thanksgiving. Thus, it's up to to the turkey, and a compassionate spider, to figure out how to fly the coop before the family cook gets any ideas.
I liked the kind little asides in this story, such as the turkey deciding that just as he didn't wish to be eaten, the worms he was gobbling probably didn't either, so he switched to seeds. And the ending definitely got my applause.
No Thanks is a charming book that promotes kindness and thoughtfulness toward animals we often don't consider, while remaining mainstream and engaging enough that it won't automatically turn off everyday readers.
I liked the kind little asides in this story, such as the turkey deciding that just as he didn't wish to be eaten, the worms he was gobbling probably didn't either, so he switched to seeds. And the ending definitely got my applause.
No Thanks is a charming book that promotes kindness and thoughtfulness toward animals we often don't consider, while remaining mainstream and engaging enough that it won't automatically turn off everyday readers.
December 12, 2023
This is a cute story in Spanish for young readers. Pavo (the turkey) overhears the owners of the house and animals (chickens, ducks, geese, and the turkey talking about how the turkey will make a good meal for Thanksgiving Day. The turkey has gotten fay by eating more worms than the others.
When the turkey hears this, he forgets about eating worms and goes off with his head hung to ruminate on what he heard under a big walnut tree in the center of the chicken run. There he hears a tiny voice and locates the speaker: a tiny spider up in the branches of the tree.
The spider, as it turns out, had Charlotte of Charlotte's Web as her great-grandmother. So the spider hatches a plan, but unlike Charlotte's as she never learned to write. Instead, the spider has the turkey exercise and lose weight so it can fly over the fence of the chicken run, which is how it escapes being eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.
This story is probably best suited to be read to a young Spanish-speaking child. It's nicely illustrated with colorful drawings that can keep the child interested while the story is read. At my level of Spanish, it took looking up quite a few new words to fully understand the story.
When the turkey hears this, he forgets about eating worms and goes off with his head hung to ruminate on what he heard under a big walnut tree in the center of the chicken run. There he hears a tiny voice and locates the speaker: a tiny spider up in the branches of the tree.
The spider, as it turns out, had Charlotte of Charlotte's Web as her great-grandmother. So the spider hatches a plan, but unlike Charlotte's as she never learned to write. Instead, the spider has the turkey exercise and lose weight so it can fly over the fence of the chicken run, which is how it escapes being eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.
This story is probably best suited to be read to a young Spanish-speaking child. It's nicely illustrated with colorful drawings that can keep the child interested while the story is read. At my level of Spanish, it took looking up quite a few new words to fully understand the story.
November 21, 2025
A turkey escapes becoming Thanksgiving dinner with the help of a spider.
This is an odd book. The story features the great-granddaughter's great granddaughter of Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web. Instead of spinning words in her web, she gives the turkey a diet and exercise routine that enables him to leap the fence of Thanksgiving morning.
Also, because the turkey realized that he was going to be eaten, he stops eating worms and becomes a vegetarian.
My children were mildly disturbed at the illustrations depicting the spider with a humanoid face.
This is an odd book. The story features the great-granddaughter's great granddaughter of Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web. Instead of spinning words in her web, she gives the turkey a diet and exercise routine that enables him to leap the fence of Thanksgiving morning.
Also, because the turkey realized that he was going to be eaten, he stops eating worms and becomes a vegetarian.
My children were mildly disturbed at the illustrations depicting the spider with a humanoid face.
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