The Year of the Turtle

The Year of the Turtle

Author: David M. Carroll

Publisher: Saint Martin's Griffin

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780312147723

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Acclaimed naturalist David M. Carroll guides readers through the yearly cycle of the freshwater turtle. With lyrical yet factual prose observations, Carroll also includes more than 100 of his carefully executed full-color drawings.


Tiger and Turtle

Tiger and Turtle

Author: James Rumford

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2010-04-27

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1596434163

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When a tiger and a turtle both want a flower that has fallen to the ground, they argue over it until a fight breaks out between them.


Old Turtle

Old Turtle

Author: Douglas Wood

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780439309080

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All of nature argues about the forms of God, so people are sent as a reminder of all that God is, although they do not seem to understand the message themselves.


One Tiny Turtle

One Tiny Turtle

Author: Nicola Davies

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2024-04-02

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 1536221309

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"Simple, lyrical words and bright, acrylic double-page pictures convey the astonishing facts about the Loggerhead sea turtle. . . . A powerful nature story for a young audience." —Booklist Far, far out at sea lives one of the world’s most mysterious creatures, the Loggerhead turtle. For thirty years she swims the oceans, wandering thousands of miles as she searches for food. Then, one summer night, she lands on a beach to lay her eggs—the very same beach where she herself was born. Nicola Davies’s lyrical text offers fascinating information about the journey of the tiny, endangered Loggerhead, while charming paintings by Jane Chapman vividly illustrate one turtle’s odyssey.


Run, Sea Turtle, Run

Run, Sea Turtle, Run

Author: Stephen R Swinburne

Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1541578120

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"Follow a hatchling's treacherous journey from nest to sea" --Amazon.


Voyage of the Turtle

Voyage of the Turtle

Author: Carl Safina

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2006-05-30

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780805078916

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A study of the leatherback turtle details the distressing decline of sea turtles in the Pacific, as well as their remarkable recovery in the Atlantic to illuminate how human intervention can both harm and preserve the natural world.


Turtle Crossing

Turtle Crossing

Author: Rick Chrustowski

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2006-04-04

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780805074987

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Discusses the life cicle of a female painted turtle.


Self-Portrait with Turtles

Self-Portrait with Turtles

Author: David M. Carroll

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0618565841

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A renowned artist, author, and naturalist, David M. Carroll is exceptionally skilled at capturing nature on the page. In Self-Portrait with Turtles, he reflects on his own life, recounting the crucial moments that shaped his passions and abilities. Beginning with his first sighting of a wild turtle at age eight, Carroll describes his lifelong fascination with swamps and the creatures that inhabit them. He also traces his evolution as an artist, from the words of encouragement he received in high school to his college days in Boston to his life with his wife and family. Self-Portrait with Turtles is a remarkable memoir, a marvelous and exhilarating account of a life well lived.


The Turtle and the Monkey

The Turtle and the Monkey

Author: Paul Galdone

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9780395544259

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Greedy Monkey makes every effort to cheat Turtle out of the bananas that rightfully belong to her.


Swampwalker's Journal

Swampwalker's Journal

Author: David M. Carroll

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13:

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"A genius, a madman, a national treasure" (Annie Dillard) takes readers on a miraculous year-long journey through the wetlands, revealing why they are so important to his life, to ours, to all life on Earth. 50 drawings.