turtles

When Jess thinks she is losing her friend Molly to the new girl in their second-grade class, she gets interested in Natalie Spitzer and her pet turtles.

Describes the natural environment, physical characteristics, and behavior of turtles, emphasizing the life of the green turtle of Brazil which migrates to Ascension Island to lay its eggs.

Full-color photographs and text describe the physical characteristics and behavior of pet turtles.

Describes the life and habits of the loggerhead turtle.

Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger.

Emma's box turtle digs his way out of his pen and imagines that he is having adventures in Africa, India, and other faraway lands that Emma has described to him.

Franklin makes a deal with his father that he will paint the fence for five dollars so that he can buy a toy, but Franklin ends up getting more than he had bargained for.

Franklin goes canoeing and camping with his friends and their fathers and discovers how tiring it can be.

When Tuttle the turtle loses his shell, his animal friends help him trick Louis the rat into giving it back.

With Slow Turtle as his guide, Wise Old Owl has a memorable canoe trip over a waterfall.