A Thanksgiving Turkey

Every year Granddad tries to track down an old tom turkey that's been roosting in his woods for as a long as he can remember. His grandson is also caught up in the challenge. All through spring, summer, and fall, the two try to corner the wily bird.

One cold morning just before Thanksgiving, the gobbler answers the turkey caller right away. As the call gets closer, the excitement builds, but so does Granddad's uneasiness. His grandson begins to wonder what this elusive bird actually means to the old man.

Ronald Himler's watercolors capture rural Virginia's beauty in this moving, intergenerational story.