Perfect Thanksgiving » (Reprint)

Eileen Spinelli is no stranger to the Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers list. Since her debut in 1991 with Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, an IRA/CBC Children's Choice book and Christopher Award winner, she has gone on to author numerous picture books, poetry collections, and chapter books, including the best-selling When Mama Comes Home Tonight, and the critically acclaimed Sophie's Masterpiece. Eileen lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Two families—one that is perfect and one that is far from it—celebrate Thanksgiving in their own loving ways.

The Washington Post

This good-humored book chronicles the holiday celebrations of two very different families: Abigail Archer's, "perfect in every way," and "ours," with store-bought pie, Jell-O mold and uncouth, jabbering relatives. A "hand turkey," drawn by the young narrator on the title page, lurches through the book on its stick feet, offering sly asides that guide the reader to a soothing conclusion: Fancy or funky, it doesn't matter; "perfect" is a function of love. — Elizabeth Ward