box turtle

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 full-color photography introduce beginning readers to common box turtles. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by the publisher.

Assisted by a herpetologist, Ms. Robb introduces her students to their new pet, a box turtle named Franklin, and teaches them how to take care of turtles.

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.

Text and photographs present Eastern Box Turtles, how they look, where they live, and what they do.

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.