turtles

Photographs and simple text teach young readers about turtles, their habitat, life cycle, survial skills, special abilities, and relationship to humans.

Turtle and Snake go to the beach, where they and some other animals participate in a sandcastle-making contest.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangered status of various turtles.

A collection of four previously-published stories about Franklin the turtle's holiday adventures.

Turtle and Snake have plenty to do, including carving pumpkins and brewing punch, before they host their Halloween party. Includes recipe for Spooky Pond Punch.

Taro is fascinated by the strange actions of old Jiro-San, who sweeps the sand on the beach while waiting for the arrival of Japanese sea turtles ready to lay their eggs.

Turtle wishes he could fly, dive, climb, and run like other animals, but then he realizes something he can do that they can't.

Turtle's adventures include sunning on a log, going for a swim, and being scared by a snake.

Fourteen-year-old Casey dreads leaving her friends and boyfriend--as well as cell phone and Internet service--to spend a boring summer on a Caribbean island with her naturalist father, stepmother, and brothers, but she has some life-changing experiences, including learning to sail, helping with turtle conservation, surviving storms, and romance.

Explains why turtles and tortoises are endangered and takes a close-up look at the work being done by individuals in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Australia, Nova Scotia, and other places around the world to protect them.