turtles

Describes the life cycle and natural environment of the turtle and the tortoise with emphasis on their struggle for survival.

When shoelace heir Neddie Wentworthstein and his family take the train from Chicago to Los Angeles in the 1940s, he winds up in possession of a valuable Indian turtle artifact whose owner is supposed to be able to prevent the impending destruction of the world.

Presents an introduction to green sea turtles, providing information on their physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, behavior, and endangered status.

Discusses the life of sea turtles, describing where they live, what they eat, how they behave, how humans study them, and what can be done to protect these creatures.

Describes the physical characteristics, ancestry, habits, and habitat of this living fossil.

In the time when all people live in the sky and all animals in the water, Sky Girl falls through a hole, is rescued by swans and taken to wise Big Turtle who, with the help of noble Toad, called Mashutaha, creates the land on which we live. Includes notes about the Huron people from whom the tale comes.

From before the time she hatches until she returns to the same beach to lay eggs of her own, a sea turtle is helped to escape from danger many times by different human hands.

Danny can have a pet for his birthday and he knows exactly what he wants, but the other members of his family think differently.

A turtle and a tiger fight over a single spring flower that has found its way into the jungle.

Chronicles the life cycle of the green turtle, one of five ocean species, from the egg to the fathering of the young.