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For the Birds

Gracias The Thanksgiving Turkey (Scholastic Bookshelf: Holiday)Turkey or chicken? Chicken or turkey? Pavo o pollo? Pollo o pavo? That's the biggest conundrum facing Miguel this Thanksgiving Holiday. How do you save the turkey you've fattened up and befriended from being the Thanksgiving meal??? Well... you sharpen your social skills, Tudygirls. You involve your abuelitos, abuelitas, tios, tias and the whole community, that's how! (Si, Tudylindas, mas grande el projecto, mas mejor!)
Gracias the Thanksgiving Turkey is a frolicking, cut-to-the-chase, page turner! Sprinkled with Spanish from beginning to end, you'll have a fiesta helping Miguel figure out ways to save his pet turkey, Gracias, from being the Thanksgiving feast. (Oh, can you just imagine???) And somewhere down the line, as you hablas a little Espanol, you'll realize your family, friends, and community play such an integral part of who you can be. (Look all around you, Tudygirls. You have a lot to be grateful for!)

,,,Bueno, vamonos los muchachos y las muchachas. Feast up on this turkey. Gracias the Thanksgiving Turkey is a tried and Tudy-true holiday keeper,,,
(Shhhhh ... no hay de que, Gracias!)

Red, White, and True

President Barack Obama Paper DollsTom Tierney is one of America's most preeminent paper doll illustrators. He's been creating paper dolls for Dover books the past 30 years. His paper doll books are truly works of art. A Tudy fave, they showcase current events, history, and fashions of bygone eras.

Today, Tom Tierney has two, commemorative 2008 US presidential paper doll books available for sale at The Tudy Book Shop. These 32-page, limited edition booklets are just a bipartisan, "politically correct", history-in-the-making read. You'll learn about the presidential candidates, their families, and the whole electoral process. It's paper coverage you won't want to miss.

So make the most of this historical event! Cast your vote, secure your own polls, and let a paper doll race you to the White House.