Over the River and Through the Wood
By: by Lydia Maria Child ; illustrated by David Catrow.
Contributors: Catrow, David, ill.
Publisher: Henry Holt
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Thanksgiving Day -- Juvenile poetry; Children's poetry, American; Children's songs -- Texts; Thanksgiving Day -- Poetry; American poetry; Songs
Description: In this hilarious modern spoof of a favorite holiday song, the trip to Grandfather's house is no peaceful sleigh ride!

Catrow brings new meaning to the classic words and pastoral images usually connected with Child's poem, written in 1844. In this modern adaptation, two parents, three children, and a cat travel in a minivan through a snowstorm, traffic jam, and a Thanksgiving Day parade to grandfather's house.