Unmoved by his friends' attempts to draw him out with singing classes and snowball fights, Tortoise tries to settle down for his annual winter nap and instead stumbles into a wonderfully icy experience.
A tiny sea turtle swims out to sea, then returns after a few years to the beach where it was born to lay its eggs before returning to the sea. Includes facts about sea turtles.
"After Alfred the turtle spends a morning at the park, his foot is bumpy and sticky, and it hurts too! It's up to Pipsie to figure out what gave him a tender tootsie."--dust jacket.
"Pipsie and her turtle best friend, Alfred, are on the best school trip ever--a nature scavenger hunt! The team who finds Seven Wonders of Nature first wins. But that isn't all Pipsie and Alfred have to find. Someone has stolen the PB&J!"--Dust jacket.