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Emma's Turtle
Emma's turtle has a good life, but he often dreams of faraway places. Emma's turtle lives in a backyard pen. He enjoys snacks that Emma feeds him. He also loves to listen to Emma as she tells him about faraway places such as Africa, Australia, and China. One day he decides to stop dreaming of those places and see the world beyond his pen. What will he discover? Eve Bunting...more
Hardcover, 28 pages
Published
September 1st 2007
by Boyds Mills Press
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This is a super cute book told from the pov of Emma's Turtle.
This cute little box turtle is super curious. He lives in a pen out back where his Emma tells him stories about different lands like China, India, Australia, and Africa.
Turtle really would like to visit these places.
One day he digs his way under his pen and goes to explore. He wants to see the tigers of India and the Kangaroos of Australia. They sky is the limit!
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I love that the turtle told the story. I thought that was...more
This cute little box turtle is super curious. He lives in a pen out back where his Emma tells him stories about different lands like China, India, Australia, and Africa.
Turtle really would like to visit these places.
One day he digs his way under his pen and goes to explore. He wants to see the tigers of India and the Kangaroos of Australia. They sky is the limit!
Greta's Thoughts
I love that the turtle told the story. I thought that was...more
My daughter loves animals, and this one had her name in the title, so we just had to bring it home from the library for a read. The illustrations are well done and the story about a turtle who escapes his cage to go travel the world (read: backyard) is very clever.
My daughter is only two, so I'm not sure how much of the story she understood, but we had a good time describing what she saw on each page. We also learned two new animals, as she'd never seen a panda or snail before. This was my daugh...more
My daughter is only two, so I'm not sure how much of the story she understood, but we had a good time describing what she saw on each page. We also learned two new animals, as she'd never seen a panda or snail before. This was my daugh...more
Didn't read this one for my children's lit class, but just because it caught my eye. I love turtles! This colorful picture book is a really cute story about a turtle who digs out of his cage and explores the backyard, thinking he's exploring the different countries his owner has been reading to him. Really cute how relieved he is when the little girl finds him, but he plans to go on another expedition.
The turtle with illusions of grandeur escapes his pen and believes he is seeing the world his Emma is always telling stories about. In truth he never leaves the backyard and Emma finds him before he can get too far, but he he is not dissuaded, making plans to escape again the next day and visit China.
A fun story about exploring the world of your own backyard and using your imagination to take you to other places. Emma's turtle escapes and has an adventure. It's a fun story to read aloud and our girls enjoyed it.
This cute little book is great for a storytime. The turtle tries to travel to India, China, Australia. Kids get to guess what the turtle REALLY sees. (house cat/tiger) (tree stump/elephant foot)
Fun and cute book to read and the children loved listening. We all thought it was funny how the turtle thought he traveled around the world, but just had a little adventure in his own backjard.
Had to get this for my two year old, Emma, who loves turtles. It's a hit. I love reading it aloud, the story flows nicely, and the illustrations are humorous without being too cartoony.
What a great little turtle! My kids got a kick out of it since we have Max the turtle visiting us right now.
Very cute story from Pov of turtle crossing the backyard.
A cute story..and how can you go wrong with Eve Bunting?
Note: Adventures in Africa, India, and other faraway lands.
16 months - This is a creative story. The turtle takes a journey across the world... or is it just his backyard. What a great story idea.
This is so cute! We enjoyed how the turtle believed he was traveling around the world...but was really only in his own backyard!
I have a soft spot for turtles, so I really enjoyed this book. A very cute story about an adventurous & imaginative little turtle.
pets - turtle; exploring; outdoors - backyard; travel
What's more fun than a world traveling turtle?
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Eve Bunting is an author with more than 250 books. Her books are diverse in age groups, from picture books to chapter books, and topic, ranging from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Eve Bunting has won several awards for her works.
Bunting went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to ho...more
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Bunting went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to ho...more
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