Sunny Boy!: The Life and Times of a Tortoise

This is a fun and somewhat wacky story of Sunny Boy, a tortoise who outlives a horticulurist, a stamp collector, and a Latin scholar until finally he comes to live with a daredevil who takes Sunny Boy along when he goes over Niagara Falls There is an author note at the end explaining that there really was a tortoise named Sunny Boy who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel with his owner Wow Just based on the facts given in the author note, I think the story of the real Sunny Boy might be even in [...]

This was such a fun story, and to find out that it was based on an actual turtle, I was completely taken with this book Easily one of the most unforeseeable plots for a book about a turtle that I ve ever encountered Well done.

Very funny story inspired by a true story of George Stakathis who went over Niagra Falls in a barrell I love the progression of the story following Sunny Boy throughout his life and adventures Very creative twist.

Sunny Boy the Tortoise is captured from his warm sunny home and delivered to New York City Instead of becoming turtle soup, he becomes the pet of Pelonius Pimplewhite and a succession of nephews Sunny Boy has a lovely life, basking in gardens and learning Latin, until Biff adopts him and decides to take him over Niagara Falls Sunny Boy survives the journey, learns to love a bit of adventure and ends up being cared for by the scholarly girl of his dreams.This lovely and sweet story is a nice comp [...]

Sunny Boy, a tortoise, tells the humorous story of his long life with various owners, from horticulturist Pelonious to daredevil Biff, who takes Sunny Boy along for the ride when he goes over Niagra Falls in a barrel An end note reveals the surprising truth behind the unlikely tale, that a 100 year old tortoise named Sunny Boy did, indeed, survive a trip over the Falls in a barrel in 1930 his human companion did not Wilsdorf does a bang up job with her margin to margin watercolor and ink illustr [...]

I thought this story was a lot of fun, outlining each of the turtle s quirky owners with a twist in sunny boy s fate coming with his fourth owner before being able to set into a mostly sedate life once It did, however, call into question the life span of turtles, as he outlives at least three generations of this family without any sign of slowing down.Also, the similarity between the poacher at the beginning of this story with a similar character in Curious George was fun.

I really like this fable This book holds a funny story about a tortoise who longs for slow paced days and basking on sun warmed rocks What tortoise would want anything else But this tortoise, named Sunny Boy, finds himself fraternizing with a few different interesting folks until he is inherited by a a daredevil and is forced to live the antithesis of the quiet life.I think Fleming really has a wonderful imagination and I like her method of putting it to page At the end of the story there s shor [...]

A tortoise who enjoys the sedate life is bagged in the jungle to be sent off to a restaurant and made into soup He doesn t make it to the restaurant but is taken home by a horticulturist who names the tortoise Sunny Boy Sunny Boy enjoys his quiet life but outlives the horticulturist and is passed down from nephew to nephew, each of whom enjoys quiet pastimes such as stamp collecting and reading Latin Sunny Boy outlives them both and ends up with a nephew who has a taste for daredevil antics This [...]

A story told from the Sunny Boy s POV and Sunny Boy is a tortoise He outlives all his human owners and studies human behavior closely Sunny Boy is snatched away from the forest into human world He enjoys the activities of his owners smelling orchids, basking in sunlight, reciting Latin verbs, and licking stamps.until he is inherited by Biff, a stuntman His most dangerous stunt was to jump over the Niagara falls in a barrell Biff never lived to tell the tale, and Sunny Boy never told his A whismi [...]

I found this book very interesting There is truth behind this tale A tortoise really did go over Niagara Falls with his owner and survive The name and other events in the book maybe fiction, but this book could be used to get shildren interested in learning about the beauty and wonder of Niagara Falls The end of the book has a little exerpt about the 15 peoplle who have went down Niagara Falls.

Sunny Boy the tortoise has led a quiet and uneventful life with a variety of men whose interest range from gardening to stamp collecting to Latin And he loves his life with each one, but keeps outliving them He is eventually willed to Biff who is a dare devil and turns Sunny Boy s life into chaos Biff teaches Sunny Boy how to enjoy thrills, but also realizes the tortoise needs the quiet life too.Nice illustrations.

As tortoises live a lot longer than humans, they are apt to having experiences than we are This book is based loosely on a real tortoise who went over Niagra Falls with his owner For a tortoise who likes the slow life, this event was incredibly invigorating Good for preschool storytimes.

Amazing story I never knew but totally intrigued me and made me both scared and happy.Sunny Boy the tortoise did amazing things but not by his choice.Written by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf and published by Farrar Strauss Giroux tortoise PB adventure

This story follows the life of a tortoise and his owners and the adventures that they take him on Tortoise s have incredibly long life spans and so we are able to travel through many times in history with Sunny Boy This book is fun for students but also addresses many historical events.

Good book for a storytime Exciting, good pictures Based on a true story.Sunny Boy wishes for a quiet life All was okay until he outlived his gentle owners and Biff the Brave adopted him Sunny Boy was surprised when he got a thrill out of going over Niagra Falls in a barrel.

A fun, enjoyable book about the owners a tortoise goes through within his lifetime It includes a nonfiction sketch at the end of the book that talks about Sunny Boy going over Niagara Falls with one of his owners and what happened afterwards.

Made me want to learn about the real Sunny Boy Also, how cool would it be to visit a museum and see a tortoise just kind of wandering around

I love this book After visiting the falls, and hearing tidbits of history while getting drenched on the boat, I have always been a bit fascinated by the people who go over on purpose

Told from the perspective of a tortoise, who eventually went over Niagara Falls Fun to read, nice endnotes.

Really fun book to read to your little ones Highly recommended

Unpredictable adventures of a tortoise Love the sly Curious George inspired illustrations on some pages.

Good choice for elementary read a loud.

This is a fun children s book that I first discovered in Virginia We picked it up again at the library to celebrate our new pet Toby the Tortoise Cute book.

True story Had no ideaa tortoise had gone over Niagara Falls Fun to read.