On Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11 and 12, children’s author and illustrator Jan Brett will come to Logan and St. George during her national tour for “The Turnip.”
“The Turnip,” a clever twist on a Russian folktale, is a rollicking tale of eight animals struggling to pull up a giant turnip from the garden as winter sets in. Badger Girl finds the giant turnip in the garden, but she can’t pull it up alone. One by one, her brother, mother, and father try, followed by Hedgie, Mr. Ram, and Dapple Grey, the horse. No one can budge it. Then a cocky rooster brags that he can and steps up to try. He goes flying through the air, holding the turnip, and everyone is astonished. Little do they know that the mama bear who has been moving through the borders with her two cubs has kicked the turnip out of her underground den so she and her cubs will have more room to sleep through winter.
Publishers Weekly gave “The Turnip” by Jan Brett a starred review and gushed over its “good old-fashioned story telling … visual sumptuousness … [and] narrative ‘Easter Eggs.'” Kirkus Reviews called it “[a] Brett winner to add to the shelf.” Brett’s latest is a great way to get kids and parents excited about eating turnips. She cares about inspiring families to eat “real” food and has a favorite recipe to share for making the turnip pancakes featured in the book. She has over 40 million books in print and is a New York Times No. 1 bestseller.
Jan Brett “The Turnip” Utah stops:
Friday, Dec. 11
6 p.m.
Mount Logan Middle School
875 North 200 East, Logan, UT 84321
(435) 716-9120
Saturday, Dec. 12
10 a.m.
Barnes & Noble
1720 East Red Cliffs Dr., St. George, UT 84790
(435) 627-8412
For more about Jan Brett and all of her books, please visit janbrett.com, or find her on Facebook and YouTube, and follow her on Twitter @byjanbrett.
