Grandma Lena's big ol' turnip
By: Denia Lewis Hester ; illustrated by Jackie Urbanovic
Contributors: Urbanovic, Jackie, illustrator
Series: AV² fiction readalong -- 138; AV² fiction readalong -- 138.
Publisher: AV² by Weigl
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781489623294; 9781489623300; 9781489623317
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Turnips; Juvenile fiction; American Cooking; Southern style; African Americans; Fiction; Tall tales; Navets; Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse; Cuisine américaine du Sud; Noirs américains; Southern cooking
Other titles: Grandma Lena's big old turnip
Description: Grandma Lena believes that something worth doing is worth doing right. So she takes good care of the turnips she plants in her garden. One turnip grows to an enormous size Baby Pearl thinks it s a big potato! It is big enough to feed half the town. And it s so big that Grandma can t pull it out of the ground! Even when Grandpa, Uncle Izzy, Aunt Netty, and the dog help Grandma yank and tug, the big ol turnip doesn t budge. Still, this African-American family, including Baby Pearl, knows how to pull together.