It is time for the football game.  The Eagles are playing the Turkeys, however, one of the players on the Turkeys’ team is a Chicken. Chicken gets distracted by his grandmother in the crowd and fumbles the ball.  This story simply explains the game of football using animals as characters who are more concerned about everyone having a good experience with the game and the story ends with a happy ending for all. This story is written with simple words and language and would be great for beginning readers. Using football as the theme of this story would be of high interest to some and help keep some beginning readers engaged. The illustrations in the book are very full and help to fill in the details of the story.