Tom's Special Thanksgiving Day was a fun and surprising Thanksgiving celebration. My children and I look forward to all holidays and Thanksgiving is one of our favorites. We are surprisingly not the biggest fans of turkey so we were actually worried for Tom on this special day. Thankfully, that wasn't the case. We really enjoyed this book. The illustrations were wonderful, the animal friends were great, the anticipation of what was going to happen to Tom had us on the edge of our seats and the ending was just all around fun and exciting. We ended this book super happy and excited and looking forward to our next Thanksgiving. A great read and a wonderful addition to our library. I would easily recommend this to friends and family.

I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving a free copy.

This was a very cute Thanksgiving story that my students enjoyed. It was refreshing to have a new story about Thanksgiving. Not many of these have been written that are as cute.

Tom the turkey is enjoying his day on the farm. He knows it is his special day, but he can't remember why. It's Thanksgiving and visits all his friends on the farm, but they are ignoring him. When he meets up with a rat who tells him that it is Thanksgiving and he is probably going to be the main course, his tune quickly changes and he tried to hide. The farmer tries to get him to come back to the farm and has to chase him high and low through the area. Turns out his special day is really his birthday and they have a surprise birthday party for him. My grandkids thought this was a fun story. Of course we eat turkey every Thanksgiving, so they were worried for Tom until they found out what his special day was really all about. We loved the illustrations in this story. They were large, fun and full of colour. I loved the expressions on the faces of the various animals. A fun and happy Thanksgiving story that the grandkids and I enjoyed.

Tom's Special Thanksgiving is a sweet book by Alan Matkovic!

Why is this book amazing?
1. The illustrations are stunning and colourful. Like, OMG seriously. Read this book for the illustrations alone if you must. It's absolutely gorgeous.
2. Thanksgiving books! I rarely find them in my book hunt, but maybe that's just my dumb luck. Either way, who doesn't love a cute Thanksgiving book with turkeys and Fall themes?!
3. Amusing plot.

My negative:
1. You know, they eat turkeys and that can be a little traumatic for little kids. So, maybe pick a slightly older group for this book. The beginning of this book started out quite dark, to be honest.

Overall, this is a great little book! Your young ones will love it and the Fall theming.

Three out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Alan Matkovic for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

It is a special day for Tom the Turkey and there is a surprise in store. But, what is it? This wonderful preschool to elementary-age book is a fun story. Everyone is happy to see him and talking about a surprise. The vibrantly colorful illustrations are beautifully done and come alive helping the story come alive too. The animals are running around right in front of you as you read the story. It adds to the fun of the story. This is a story keeping you on your toes and wondering what would happen next with an interesting ending.

Tom’s Special Thanksgiving Day is a very cute story. The pictures are cute. The story reminded me of the gingerbread man. I am going to read the story to my grandchildren on Thanksgiving.

I don't really like the font of this book, but the storyline is super cute and the illustrations are very vibrant and beautiful. I like that they take up the entire page. I love how the reader thinks the book is going one way, and it turns out to have a plot twist at the end.

This is a children's book I read to my kids tonight. They all loved it, and the pictures where so cute. They laughed very hard, and they loved all the animals in this book. I have to say to me I felt this was a cute children's book, but it was like most Thanksgiving Day book. I did love the little twist about the Turkey's Birthday being on Thanksgivings Day. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher or author (Alan Matkovic) via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review about how I feel about this book, and I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.

Tom’s Special Thanksgiving Day was a cute and funny read. The illustrations were perfectly vibrant and colorful to tie the story together.

I was BLOWN away by the cover and illustrations in this book, I just KNEW my daughter would love it upon seeing it. She absolutely adored seeing Tom turkey and his farm animal friends -- them chasing after Tom in the fields is her favorite part so far, always getting lots of giggles! Great, fun story that I'm sure she will enjoy often leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday!

Let's start with this... this was the most twisted Thanksgiving book I've ever read. Haha! I loved the little twist. Those pictures though... I'd buy it for those alone!

When Tom woke up this morning, he was happy. The farmer said it was his special day. And Tom went happily showing off to everyone that this is his special day, until the rat reminded him that today is Thanksgiving.

I really like the illustration and the simple story full of adventure the author shared. This would be a great presents to kids for Thanksgiving!

What a wonderful fun book! I love the vibrant, colourful, detailed, and animated illustrations. Tom is the only turkey on a farm. One particular day Tom gets up and goes about greeting his other animal friends and to his surprise he gets no response. He is puzzled because every other day he receives a warm hello.

The farmer has given the animals a heads up telling them that it's Tom's special day and please don't ruin the surprise for him. Finally Tom finds out from a farm rat that today is Thanksgiving Day and guess who ends up in a very bad situation on that day... a turkey! Tom panics and starts running around thinking he is in eminent danger.

The farmer and his animal entourage search high and low to find Tom and bring him back. Once back at the farm they unveil the true meaning of Tom's special day... it's his birthday and all his friends celebrate both the day and their fabulous friend!

I adore books with a wonderful twist at the end. "Tom's Special Thanksgiving " is a brilliant book to highlight autumn, friendship and is appropriate not only to share at this holiday time but anytime. I highly recommend this book.

"Tom's Special Thanksgiving Day" by Markovic - is about Tom's special Thanksgiving Day that falls on his birthday. Perfect picture book to teach inferencing and predicting. It all ends well with celebration and Tom not being the main dish. Beautifully illustrated.

A great book about getting the wrong end of the stick! When you’re told it’s Thanksgiving and it’s your special day, we’ll it’s easy to assume you’re going to be served up as the main course... if you’re a turkey! Tom goes to all lengths to hide or escape from the rest of the farmyard animals but it turns out he had nothing to be afraid of. A lovely story which could be read all year long.

I loved this book!

It was a fun read, easy to follow and Tom was great!

The book is well written, it was easy to follow and the images really bring the story to life.

A great story to give as a present at Thanksgiving - it is 5 stars from me for this one – very highly recommended – I loved it!

This is such a sweet picture book for kiddos! I love that Tom has no idea what's in store for him and the twist at the end! This is an awesome, FUN book to help get little ones excited for Thanksgiving. The illustrations were super bright and engaging!

My step son read this book last night and really enjoyed it! He was giggling as he read it, and he was able to read it on his own With the exception of a few words.
When I asked him if he would buy this book he said yes!
I also asked him for his star rating and he told me 4⭐️.

This book was just a little too predictable for me. Tom was chased all over the farm, thinking he was Thanksgiving dinner, but in the end he wasn't dinner but the honored guest. The plot just didn't draw me in. Too many turkey Thanksgiving books are almost identical in plot to this one. I did like the very colorful and sweet illustrations; younger children would certainly enjoy the pictures of all the farm animals. I wanted to like this story, but it just didn't work for me.

It's Thanksgiving and the farmer tells Tom to get ready for his special day. Tom should be excited...right?

I enjoyed this very cute story book and I"m looking forward to adding this to our library's holiday collection.