When I Was a Turkey: Based on the Emmy Award-Winning PBS Documentary My Life as a Turkey

Hutto, Joe; Guiberson, Brenda Z.

ISBN 10: 1627793852 / ISBN 13: 9781627793858

Published by Henry Holt and Co., 2017

About this Item

"First edition, 2017" stated with complete number line - 1st printing, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap, illustrated with numerous drawings and 8 pages of color photographs by Joe Hutto.

Seller Inventory # BX-447-C

Bibliographic Details

• Title: When I Was a Turkey: Based on the Emmy Award-Winning PBS Documentary My Life as a Turkey
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1627793852
• ISBN 13: 9781627793858
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

When I Was a Turkey is a middle-grade adaptation of the remarkable true story of a naturalist who raised a flock of wild turkeys using imprinting.

After a local farmer left a bowl of wild turkey eggs on Joe Hutto’s front porch, his life was forever changed. Hutto incubated the eggs and waited for them to hatch. Deep in the wilds of Florida’s Flatlands, Hutto spent each day living as a turkey mother, taking on the full-time job of raising sixteen turkey chicks. For two years, Hutto dutifully cared for his family, roosting with them, taking them foraging, and immersing himself in their world. In return, they taught him how to see the world through their eyes. Here is the remarkable true story of a man with a singular gift to connect with nature.

A Christy Ottaviano Book

About the Authors

Joe Hutto is a nationally recognized naturalist and wildlife artist. He lives in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. He is the award-winning author of Illumination in the Flatwoods, the book that inspired the documentary film My Life As a Turkey.

Brenda Z. Guiberson has written many books for children, including Cactus Hotel, Spoonbill Swamp, Moon Bear and Disasters. As a child, Brenda never thought she wanted to be a writer―her dreams tended more toward jungle explorer. She graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in English and Fine Art. She started thinking about writing for children when her son went to elementary school, and she volunteered in his class and in the school library. After taking exciting trips that involved a fifty-foot cactus, hungry alligators and sunset-colored spoonbills, she wanted to create books for children that would be like a field trip. Her books are full of well-researched detail, and Brenda sees this research as an adventure―one that allows her to be a jungle explorer at last. She lives in Seattle, Washington.