Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile

Few writers have attempted to explore the natural history of a particular animal by adopting the animal's own sensibility. But Verlyn Klinkenborg has done just that in Timothy an insightful and utterly engaging story of the world's most famous tortoise, whose real life was observed by the eighteenth-century English curate and naturalist Gilbert White. For thirteen years, Timothy lived in White's garden. Here Klinkenborg gives the tortoise an unforgettable voice and keen powers of observation on both human and natural affairs. Wry and wise, unexpectedly moving and enchanting at every-careful-turn, Timothy surprises and delights.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 01/09/2007
ISBN: 9780679737537
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.24w x 0.42d

Review Citations: New York Times 01/28/2007 pg. 24

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 109688 / Timothy, Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 5