num_pages: 40
description: An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Times Best Childrens book of 2019 A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019 A School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2019 An enchanting tale of bravery heroism and undying devotion. The New York Times Book Review After his best friend Sarah leaves for her first day of school a tortoise named Truman goes on an adventure across the living room and learns to be brave in this thoughtful and heartwarming twist on a first experience story.Truman the tortoise lives with his Sarah high above the taxis and the trash trucks and the number eleven bus which travels south. He never worries about the world belowuntil one day when Sarah straps on a big backpack and does something Truman has never seen before. She boards the bus! Truman waits for her to return. He waits. And waits. And waits. And when he can wait no longer he knows what he must do. Even if it seemsimpossible!
language: None
title: Truman
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers