Emma's Turtle

The turtle with illusions of grandeur escapes his pen and believes he is seeing the world his Emma is always telling stories about. In truth he never leaves the backyard and Emma finds him before he can get too far, but he he is not dissuaded, making plans to escape again the next day and visit China. ( )

Emma's Turtles sets out to discover the different places that Emma has read to him about. Once he dug himself out of the pen, he starts believing he has made it to different places around the world based on what he thinks he sees. He finds out that the whole time he was gone he had only been discovering Emma's backyard.

The story is about a young girl's turtle as he sets out on an adventure through different countries. The reader then comes to realize the turtle really only crosses the yard but the turtle tells of all the characters he meets along the way.

This story revolves around a young girls turtle, as he sets off on an adventure around the world. The reader comes to realize that the turtle never leaves the backyard, but the turtle tells his story of all the characters he meets along the way. It is an easy read and introduces the child to different types of animals and places around the world.

This was a picture book by Eve Bunting.The book was about a young girls pet turtle, and the turtle is the one that is telling the story. The turtle has big dreams of far away places that Emma, her owner, reads to her. The turtle digs out of the pen and explores the backyard. The turtle thinks it is at far away places like in the books read to her. Then Emma finds her and the turtle realizes it was only in the backyard the entire time.

I really thought the book was sweet and good for young children. The pictures were fun and colorful. The pictures were creative showing the turtles explanation come to life.The book was adventerous and encouraging.

The book had a good idea of showing how the turtle had big dreams and went to explore them. The book showed the creativity of the turtle by the turtle thinking the tree trunk was an elephant foot so the turtle thought it was in Africa for example. The book also showed how the turtle exploring the world around it and the places the turtle dreamed about going to.