Sunny Boy!: The Life and Times of a Tortoise

By Candace Fleming

I have always longed for the quiet life . So begins Sunny Boy's tale. As a young tortoise, he enjoys a peaceful life - inhaling the sweet smell of orchids, reciting Latin, licking stamps - year after quiet year. But fate twists, and our hero falls into the hands of Biff the Brave, an accident-prone performer of daredevil deeds. When Biff attempts his most dangerous stunt - going over Niagara Falls in a barrel - the shy and retiring Sunny Boy is suddenly swept into history's limelight. This wild,funny tale is based on the story of an actual tortoise who went over the falls. Exuberant watercolors full of witty details add to this celebration of the adventurous spirit that resides in us all.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374372977
• ISBN13: 9780374372972
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Sunny Boy is AWESOME!!

Sunny Boy is an amazing book! It lets you visualize things beyond your imagination. Its about a tortoise that loves to lay in the sun. Then he goes to live with Mr.Pimplewhite. After that he goes and does all this amazing stuff! He does so many things in his life that I want to do in mine. I suggest that you get to a library or some place that has bboks and get started on reading Sunny Boy right now. Even thuogh the story isn't very long it is still a great book that I think you should read.If I like it then I know that you will love it. After I read it once I thought it was so good that I read it again and again. It gets better and better every time I read it.