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

by Joe Hutto and Brenda Z. Guiberson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627793852
• ISBN13: 9781627793858
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 9