Inspired by the stories Emma reads to him, Turtle digs out of his pen and sets off to see faraway places. The backyard grass is longer than his legs so he thinks he must be in the jungle. He spies a tree stump and believes it's an elephant's leg. Just when he begins to worry that he's lost, Emma rescues himand he discovers that he never left home. Undeterred, Turtle is grateful to "have the whole world here in my backyard," and plans to escape again tomorrow, this time to China.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children in preschool-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2014 by Astra Publishing House .

Eve Bunting is the author of Caldecott medal winning Smoky Night. Among her many other titles are Baby Can; My Red Balloon; Girls A - Z and My Backpack. Marsha Winborn has illustrated more than thirty-five books. Eve Bunting was born in Ireland but has lived in California for many years.