ISBN: 0358458072 9780358458074

Category: Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians

Page count: 40

<br> <br> <p>**A SIBERT HONOR BOOK! **</p> <p>** A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ** A BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE OF THE YEAR **</p> <p>From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgomery comes an ode to one of the most diverse, fascinating, and beloved species on the planet: turtles. With dazzling illustrations and emotionally engaging, fact-filled text, this picture book will speak to the wisdom these long-lived animals can lend.</p> <p>Everyone loves turtles. And no wonder: long-lived, unhurried, and ancient, these shelled reptiles are fascinating.</p> <p>Turtles are also endlessly surprising. There are turtles with soft shells, turtles with googly eyes, turtles with necks longer than their bodies, and turtles whose shells glow in the dark!</p> <p>And each turtle, of each of the more than 300 kinds, is an individual. You'll meet some of them here: Lonesome George, the last of his kind on Earth. And Myrtle, the 90-year-old green sea turtle who has more than 7,000 followers on Facebook. </p> <p>What questions might you ask a turtle You'll find many of the answers in this gorgeous compendium--and perhaps be inspired to help at a time when these reptiles, who evolved at the same time as the dinosaurs, face the deadliest dangers of their more than 380-million-year history.</p> <p>Read more books by Sy Montgomery:</p> <ul> <li>Becoming a Good Creature</li> <li>The Magnificent Migration</li> <li>Condor Comeback</li> <li>The Hyena Scientist</li> <li>The Octopus Scientists</li> <li>The Great White Shark Scientist</li> </ul> <p> </p>