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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Turtles	Rebecca Stefoff	"An exploration of the life cycle, diet, behavior, anatomy, and conservation status of turtles"--Provided by publisher.	OL15036261W
Look out for turtles!	Melvin Berger	Describes the remarkable turtle, which can live almost anywhere, eat almost anything, range in size from tiny to gigantic, and live longer than any other animal.	OL15083097W
Sea turtle watching	Diane Bair,Pamela Wright	Describes several species of sea turtles, their characteristics and habitats, as well as places and techniques for safely observing these endangered animals.	OL15968611W
Sea turtles' race to the sea	Kathy Allen	"Describes the sea turtle and its disappearing habitat"--Provided by publisher.	OL16188947W
Box Turtle at Silver Pond Lane	Susan Korman	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.	OL1800798W
Honu	Marion Coste	Recounts the life cycle of a Hawaiian green turtle, including the threats from nature and humanity.	OL1827943W
Sea turtles	Jason Glaser	"Learn about where sea turtles live, what they eat, how they produce young, and dangers to them"--Provided by publisher.	OL1982402W
Turtles up close =	Katie Franks	This book describes the physical characteristics and feeding habits of turtles. Simple bilingual text and illustrations describe turtles.	OL19928676W
Green sea turtle	Tom Jackson	This book introduces green sea turtles, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, eating habits, and life cycle. In this book, young readers will learn about the diet, life cycle…	OL19974902W
Do you really want a turtle?	Bridget Heos	"Several turtles (and the narrator) teach a young girl the responsibility--and the joys--of caring for a pet turtle. Includes "Is this pet right for me?" quiz"--	OL20014152W
Sea turtles	Kate Riggs	A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of sea turtles, the migrating shelled reptiles. Also included is a story from folklore explaining how sea turtles cause monsoons.	OL20032866W
One tiny turtle	Nicola Davies	For years, unseen by human eyes, turtles wander the seas in search of food, travelling thousands of miles. Then at last, guided by the stars, they arrive at the same beach where they were born, to ma…	OL20889190W
Frogs, toads, and turtles	Diane L. Burns	Describes the physical characteristics and habitats of a variety of different frogs, toads, and turtles. Includes related activities and scrapbook pages.	OL2212376W
Those Terrific Turtles	Sarah Cussen,David M. Dennis	•20 questions and answers about turtles that will convince you that they are terrific! You’ll know the difference between a turtle and a tortoise, and you’ll know why they have shells. •You’ll kno…	OL25353508W
The durable desert tortoise	Colleen Stanley Bare	Describes the physical characteristics and habits of the desert tortoise as well as the possibility of its extinction.	OL2628892W
What's under that shell?	D. M. Souza	Examines the characteristics, life cycle, and habitat of the turtle.	OL2633910W
Ten tiny turtles ; a crazy counting book	Paul Cherrill	All kinds of animals, from a water-squirting dog to ten tiny terrapin in T-shirts, illustrate the numbers from one to ten.	OL3485130W
Loggerhead turtle; survivor from the sea	Jack Denton Scott	Introduces the loggerhead turtle focusing on a particular female as she returns to the beach of her own birth to lay her eggs.	OL4973306W
Turtles	Johannah Haney	"Describes the characteristics and behavior of pet turtles, also discussing the physical appearance and place in the history of turtles"--Provided by publisher.	OL5723515W
Turtles and tortoises	Renée C. Rebman	"Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangered status of turtles and tortoises"--Provided by publisher.	OL5832693W