Full name: Turtle Tide: The Ways of Sea Turtles

Author: Stephen R. Swinburne Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781590780817 9781590788271 1590780817 1590788273

A mother turtle swims to shore. She digs a hole in a dune, where she lays one hundred eggs. Following her instinct, she covers the eggs with sand and slowly makes her way back to sea. What happens next, from eggs to hatchlings, is one of the most extraordinary occurrences in nature. The eggs provide food for other animals, and the eggs that survive produce hatchlings that, again, provide food for birds and crabs. Even those hatchlings that make it to the ocean face an uncertain future. Together, lyrical text and dramatic paintings give young readers an understanding of how turtles give birth and how the young fight for survival in this winner of the Maryland Blue Crab Young Readers' Award. Similar books: Turtle in the Sea by Jim Arnosky One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin Matilda by Roald Dahl Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster Charlotte's Web by E. B. White The BFG by Roald Dahl A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Lorax by Dr. Seuss