| Pee Wee Scouts: Peanut-Butter Pilgrims by Judy Delton |
PEANUT-BUTTER PILGRIMS by Judy Delton
Illustrated by: Alan Tiegreen
Release Date: 9/25/07
Publisher: Random House
Pages: 80
Reviewed by: Grandma Bev
Rating: 5 Stars
The Pee Wee Scouts have several great projects planned to
celebrate Thanksgiving. They are making baskets for the food
drive, and they collected lots of food like canned goods, peanut
butter, cereal, and pasta to go in the baskets, and then they will
be delivered to poor people to make their Thanksgiving happy.
But it isn't as easy as it looks. Molly's basket is too tight and
skinny: it's a one-can size. Rachel's is too loose, and the cans
would fall out of it. Starting over is the only option, and this time
they will get them right.
Then there is a trip to a turkey farm. How exciting, but the kids all
feel sorry for the turkeys, and after seeing and petting the
turkeys, they really will not want to eat one. They all agree that
they will probably eat peanut butter for Thanksgiving dinner.
Sonny has really fallen in love with a big turkey with two black tail
feathers, and manages to talk his mother into buying the turkey
for him to take home as a pet. At the next meeting of the Pee
Wee Scouts, Sonny is leading his turkey on a red leash. He has
named the big bird "Tiger." Sonny is going to build a bird house
for Tiger and earn a scout badge for bird house building. Some
of the other kids want to help with that project, because it will
have to be a very large bird house for Tiger to fit it.
Their main project is the Thanksgiving play, but Molly is very
nervous about that...she just is not an actor, and she is sure that
she will forget her lines, and everyone will laugh and make fun of
her. Nevertheless, Molly's part is going to be the pilgrim mother.
She only has one line to remember, but she's just sure that she
will forget it. She's especially worried when she finds out that the
mayor will be there to see her ruin the play.
The late Judy Delton really knew kids, and had a real flair for
writing a great story that keeps kids laughing and turning the
pages. Alan Tiegreen's comical pen-and-ink drawings add visual
impact to the story. PEANUT-BUTTER PILGRIMS is one of a
fun-filled series about the Pee Wee Scouts that will have kids
begging for more. This story will be especially good as a
read-aloud family time story for younger kids, or independent
reading for older children that is guaranteed to keep them
entranced.
Illustrated by: Alan Tiegreen
Release Date: 9/25/07
Publisher: Random House
Pages: 80
Reviewed by: Grandma Bev
Rating: 5 Stars
The Pee Wee Scouts have several great projects planned to
celebrate Thanksgiving. They are making baskets for the food
drive, and they collected lots of food like canned goods, peanut
butter, cereal, and pasta to go in the baskets, and then they will
be delivered to poor people to make their Thanksgiving happy.
But it isn't as easy as it looks. Molly's basket is too tight and
skinny: it's a one-can size. Rachel's is too loose, and the cans
would fall out of it. Starting over is the only option, and this time
they will get them right.
Then there is a trip to a turkey farm. How exciting, but the kids all
feel sorry for the turkeys, and after seeing and petting the
turkeys, they really will not want to eat one. They all agree that
they will probably eat peanut butter for Thanksgiving dinner.
Sonny has really fallen in love with a big turkey with two black tail
feathers, and manages to talk his mother into buying the turkey
for him to take home as a pet. At the next meeting of the Pee
Wee Scouts, Sonny is leading his turkey on a red leash. He has
named the big bird "Tiger." Sonny is going to build a bird house
for Tiger and earn a scout badge for bird house building. Some
of the other kids want to help with that project, because it will
have to be a very large bird house for Tiger to fit it.
Their main project is the Thanksgiving play, but Molly is very
nervous about that...she just is not an actor, and she is sure that
she will forget her lines, and everyone will laugh and make fun of
her. Nevertheless, Molly's part is going to be the pilgrim mother.
She only has one line to remember, but she's just sure that she
will forget it. She's especially worried when she finds out that the
mayor will be there to see her ruin the play.
The late Judy Delton really knew kids, and had a real flair for
writing a great story that keeps kids laughing and turning the
pages. Alan Tiegreen's comical pen-and-ink drawings add visual
impact to the story. PEANUT-BUTTER PILGRIMS is one of a
fun-filled series about the Pee Wee Scouts that will have kids
begging for more. This story will be especially good as a
read-aloud family time story for younger kids, or independent
reading for older children that is guaranteed to keep them
entranced.