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The turnip / [retold and illustrated by] Jan Brett.
Badger Girl is delighted to find the biggest turnip she has ever seen growing in her vegetable garden, but when the time comes to harvest the giant root, she is unable to pull it up without help from family and friends.
Record details
- ISBN: 0399170707
- ISBN: 9780399170706
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
- Publisher: New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Based on the tale by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 19.99 |
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| Subject: | Turnips > Folklore. Tales > Russia. |
Available copies
- 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FAV JP Brett | 31681002850055 | PICTURE | On holds shelf | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The award-winning creator of The Mitten presents an elaborately illustrated adaptation of the classic story from rural Russia that finds eight animals working together in whimsical ways to unearth a giant turnip. 125,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Badger Girl is delighted to find the biggest turnip she has ever seen growing in her vegetable garden, but when the time comes to harvest the giant root, she is unable to pull it up without help from family and friends. - Penguin Putnam
In a rollicking, cumulative tale, a badger family and their friendsâHedgie, Mr. Ram and Vanya, the horseâstruggle to pull up a giant turnip. A cocky rooster steps in and pulls, sending him into the air, holding onto the turnip. No one knows that a mother bear in her underground den has kicked the turnip up through the soil to give the family room to sleep through the winter.
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Once again Jan Brett brings an original twist to a favorite folktale. Snow covers the farm in rural Russia as badgers and friends in old-fashioned clothes, and bears marching through bright-colored borders, send young readers laughing from page to page. - Penguin Putnam
In a rollicking, cumulative tale, a badger family and their friends'Hedgie, Mr. Ram and Vanya, the horse'struggle to pull up a giant turnip. A cocky rooster steps in and pulls, sending him into the air, holding onto the turnip. No one knows that a mother bear in her underground den has kicked the turnip up through the soil to give the family room to sleep through the winter.
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Once again Jan Brett brings an original twist to a favorite folktale. Snow covers the farm in rural Russia as badgers and friends in old-fashioned clothes, and bears marching through bright-colored borders, send young readers laughing from page to page. - Random House, Inc.
In a rollicking, cumulative tale, a badger family and their friendsâHedgie, Mr. Ram and Vanya, the horseâstruggle to pull up a giant turnip. A cocky rooster steps in and pulls, sending him into the air, holding onto the turnip. No one knows that a mother bear in her underground den has kicked the turnip up through the soil to give the family room to sleep through the winter.
Once again Jan Brett brings an original twist to a favorite folktale. Snow covers the farm in rural Russia as badgers and friends in old-fashioned clothes, and bears marching through bright-colored borders, send young readers laughing from page to page.
