Tally Tuttle turns into a turtle

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Publisher
Amulet Books
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English

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Tally Tuttle Turns Into a Turtle is the first in Kathryn Holmes’s humorous and heartfelt Class Critters chapter book series about a second grade class where each kid turns into an animal for a day—featuring illustrations by Ariel Landy.   It’s Tally Tuttle’s first day of second grade, and she’s so nervous that she feels like she ate butterflies for breakfast! On top of moving to a new town and new school where she doesn’t know anyone, everyone starts teasing her when her full name, Tallulah, is revealed during roll call. She just wishes she could retreat into a shell . . . Then, all of a sudden, the desks and her classmates around her seem enormous, and Tally is shell-shocked to discover that she’s actually turned into a turtle!   She’d heard that Mrs. Norrell’s class was special, but she hadn’t expected this. Tally likes having a shell to hide in, but there are other parts of turtle life—like the fear of being stepped on—that aren’t exactly ideal. And once she’s tired of hiding, how can she change back into a girl? Tally will have to forge her own transformation back to herself and come out of her shell—both literally and figuratively!   In this chapter book series, Mrs. Norrell’s second grade classroom has magic that allows kids to transform into animals to learn important life lessons. Each book will follow a different kid and their animal transformation and will include fun natural science facts about the featured animal in the back matter.Class Critters series:Tally Tuttle Turns into a Turtle (#1)David Dixon’s Day as a Dachshund (#2)Madison Morris is NOT a Mouse! (#3)

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Contributors
Landy, Ariel illustrator
ISBN
9781419755675

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Tally Tuttle feels like she's eaten two helpings of butterflies for breakfast on the first day of second grade. Tally's family just moved to the area one week ago for Mom's new job, and Tally has been worried--what if this new place works out for everyone else in the family except her? At first, the kids in her new classroom make fun of her full name: Tallulah. But thankfully, Mrs. Norrell's classroom proves to be "a really magical place," just like Tally's mother predicted. Once she's there, the world suddenly changes around her, and Tally transforms into a turtle just long enough to experience what life would be like withdrawn inside a shell. As a turtle, Tally befriends a spider named Clementine, who sometimes shares Tally's shell for protection. Eventually Tally decides to stop hiding and face the real-life challenge of making new friends head-on. This is an accessible tale that will appeal to young children looking for everyday coping strategies. Tally appears to be White; in Landy's illustrations classmates appear to be of varied races and ethnicities. Holmes is a veteran YA writer, and this is both Book 1 of the Class Critters series and her chapter-book debut. A simple story told with aplomb. (animal facts) (Fantasy. 6-9) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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