The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy illustrated by Niamh Sharkey

This version of the Russian folktale adds some more characters to assist in the turnip pulling-canaries, geese, hens, pigs.  More descriptive words are utilized in this retelling than the traditional and tinges of humor are sprinkled throughout the story.  The illustrations are whimsical yet allude to the folk art style.  I like this retelling the best of the ones I have read so far.