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 him—and 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.
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Eve Bunting has written more than two hundred books for children, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz, The Wall , Fly Away Home , and Trains to Somewhere . She lives in Southern California.
The late Ted Rand was the esteemed illustrat
Eve Bunting is the author of the Caldecott-winning Smoky Night , illustrated by David Diaz. Among her many other titles are Hey Diddle Diddle , Will It Be a Baby Brother? , Mouse Island , Baby Can , My Red Balloon , My Special Day at Third Street School , and Girls A to Z More about Marsha Winborn
