Product Description

Watch and wonder as one tiny sea turtle grows and grows, before she heads back to the beach to become a mother herself. Curious young minds will love learning about turtles in this picture book combining story with information. Previously part of the acclaimed Read and Wonder series, this title has been re-launched in the Nature Storybooks series with a new look and accompanying CD with facts, songs, sound effects and story reading by actor Stephen Tompkinson.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62802 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

Review
"If only all natural history books were as well-pitched as this." The Independent"

About the Author
Nicola Davies is a zoologist and writer, who has also produced and presented radio and TV programmes, including The Really Wild Show. Her books for children include many acclaimed non-fiction titles such as Poo (9781844287512), Extreme Animals (9781406305593), Bat Loves the Night (9781406312744) and Ice Bear (9781406302059), as well as the novel Home (9780744559835). She lives in Devon.

Customer Reviews

Shortlisted for the English Association's Best Books Awards
How do you encourage the very young to care about the survival of vulnerable creatures? Nicola Davies and Jane Chapman do so by telling in words and pictures the fascinating story of one Loggerhead turtle's life. The tale begins in a turtle nursery when she is 'not much bigger than a bottle top' and shows us her journey of thousands of miles through seaweed jungles and turquoise lagoons until she has grown as 'big as a barrow' and ready to lay her eggs. Much is unknown about the years before a turtle returns to the beach on which she was born to have her young- 'she leaves no trace or track for you to follow'. Children like the thought of secrets and the book is honest about all that remains to be discovered about the turtle's journey.
The narrative is told in large, clear print while extra information waves across the page in italic script. The pictures of the creature are most appealing and show how she moves through different environments. Children will particularly like the page showing the baby turtles emerging from their 'squidgy ping- pong' eggs...

One Tiny Turtle
Very good purchase the kids love it ages 7, 4 and 2 appeals to all of them in their own way.