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

When I Was a Turkey: Based on the Emmy Award-Winning PBS Documentary My Life as a Turkey
ISBN-10
1627793852
ISBN-13
9781627793858
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
2017-11-07
Publisher
Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
Authors
Brenda Z. Guiberson, Joe Hutto

Description

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

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