Bibliograph

When I was a turkey, based on the Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary My life as a turkey, Joe Hutto with Brenda Z. Guiberson ; illustrations by Joe Hutto

Type

Label

When I was a turkey, based on the Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary My life as a turkey, Joe Hutto with Brenda Z. Guiberson ; illustrations by Joe Hutto

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

photographsillustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

910L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When I was a turkey

Responsibility statement

Joe Hutto with Brenda Z. Guiberson ; illustrations by Joe Hutto

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 6.3, 5, 194058

Sub title

based on the Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary My life as a turkey

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Talking turkey -- Look me in the eye -- Eggsitter, caregiver, turkey walker -- No to bright blue and to some of the bugs -- Welcome to wren nest -- Head to shoulders in wild turkeys -- Personality plus -- Out of the cage and up to the roost -- Survial and beyond -- Joy of new discoveries -- Part wood, part mulch, and part feathers -- Fly, fly away -- Fowl pox and a playdate -- Taking off -- Odds of survival -- Separation -- Life without turkeys -- Tale of Turkey Boy -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Target audience

juvenile

Classification