Found: 1970ish early primary, colorful creature takes over a town

Hello. Trying to remember the name of a book I loved as a child. I read it in 1976? so I'm guessing that it was written in the 70's. Read in the US.
- grades k-3 audience?
- large hardcover, very colorful with picture of green? long creature somewhat snake like meandering through buildings in a town
- a boy? describes how the creature went into each building. The illustrations were very colorful and detailed.
That's all I got. Anyone?

Worldcat.org
Green (keyword)
1970-1976
Filters juvenile fiction, print book.

The great green Turkey Creek monster
Author:James Flora
Summary:A great green hooligan vine starts to grow and threatens to take over the whole town until one boy finds out how to control it
Print Book, English, 1976
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Atheneum, New York, 1976

Free to borrow/read https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3914373W/The_great_green_Turkey_Creek_monster?ed...

That's it! Thank you so much... been driving me crazy for years!

>2 bookel: Thank you!

You are welcome. Very quick to find. I had not heard of this one before but am reading it.