box turtles

Box Turtle feeds, sleeps in a hollow log until near dark, builds her nest, and lays four eggs, thus completing her job as mother.

Simple text and photographs introduce beginning readers to common box turtles.

Box Turtle feeds, sleeps in a hollow log until near dark, builds her nest, and lays four eggs, thus completing her job as a mother.

Color photos fill this overview of box turtles as pets, which describes their habitats, physical characteristics, and their care; explains where to find them; and provides a glossary and brief list of related print and Internet resources.

Describes box turtle species and the box turtle's habitat, behavior, diet, life cycle, and conservation, and includes a glossary and bibliography.

Examines the characteristics of box turtles, features descriptions of specific species of box turtles, and discusses their eating habits, mating, birth and growth, hibernation, life span, and enemies.

Box Turtle feeds, sleeps in a hollow log until near dark, builds her nest, and lays four eggs, thus completing her job as mother.

Simple text and color photographs follow an eastern box turtle through her day.