Fritto and the Thanksgiving Family Feathers is a life-changing book, which teaches children the importance of unconditional family love. The main character Fritto is a vain turkey who prides himself in the looks of perfection. While planning a family get-together, he gets caught up in the need for perfection, not only in his life but in the lives of his immediate family. As he begins to worry about them, he loses the tail feathers he has prided himself on and has to come to terms with the harsh reality that life isn't always perfect. Through a series of events, he finds the perfection he was looking for was always in the love of his family.