The Enormous Turnip

I am a preschool teacher ages 3 yrs. to pre-K and have told this story using a lovely home-made version out of felt. I always like to have extensions to my stories whenever possible. This gives me a way to introduce the story characters before moving on the next day with the felt story and the children acting out the parts (using masks downloaded from the internet after googling 'Enormous turnip). I hang the masks around their necks with yarn - that way their arms are free to "pull" the one in front of them. This has been "Enormous fun" for the children. We followed this with Farm week, and 3 little pigs week. A great tie-in book from Scholastic is "The Pigs Egg" . . . about a pig who finds a turnip and thinks he's laid an egg, just like his barnyard friends - VERY cute story and great tie-in to the Enormous turnip story. Tops & Bottoms also introduces root vegetables, etc and, though lengthy, very fun and captivating if you read it with enthusiasm. All-in-all . . . a great book with beautiful illustrations. So glad I took a chance on it!

Great book for teachers doing a unit on friendship and teamwork. The illustrations bring this story to life. Great for beginning readers.

Interesting illustrations but the story is very uncomplicated and while it teaches a good lesson, it is not all that interesting for children.

A good book, I used it for English in my home school. It has a great message behind it.

This is apart of the Treasure's adoption so it worked wonderfully in my classroom!

Book in good conditions

A very nice story !

The illustrations are ugly from adult point of view and might scare toddler or even older child.

Enjoyable version.