Look Out for Turtles!: An Educational STEM Book About Threatened Ancient Creatures for Kids (Ages 4-8)

Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2

by Melvin A. Berger, Megan Lloyd (Illustrator)

Read and find out about turtles in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. Turtles are among the oldest living creatures in the world. They have been on earth for nearly 200 million years. In  Look Out for Turtles!  readers will discover why these creatures have survived so long—and why we all need to help turtles. Hard shells protect many turtles from harm. Colorful markings on their shells help some turtles to blend in with their surroundings. Different kinds of turtles can live almost anywhere on land or sea and can eat many kinds of plants and animals But today turtles must struggle to survive. They are hunted, and threatened by pollution. There is less and less open space for turtles to live in. If turtles are going to be around for another 200 million years, they are going to need our help! This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are: Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs: Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Childrens, Picture Books, 2nd Grade, Ecology

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Kate Matheis]

This is a great story for teaching children about the environmental impact humans have. I love the illustrations! Students will also learn about the journey baby turtles go on after hatching.

[Amit Tiwary]

Fantastic content, beautiful illustrations, flawlessly edited!

[Krista]

I loved all the interesting facts written in a child friendly way but 2 stars due to evolutional concepts mentioned on several pages...

[Lynn Davidson]

This is a very good book about turtles, some of the oldest living animals on earth. It is about their survival thus far, their habits and needs, their risk of extinction. Seven different kinds of turtles are featured in this beautifully illustrated book.

[Shayla]

This book is all about turtles. It covers land tortoises, and sea turtles. It tells the reader what turtles eat, and how they have survived for so long. It also tell the reader what they need to do to save turtles and their habitats, so turtles are around for a long time to come.
I really liked this book. It contained a lot of really cool facts about a lot of turtles. I was able to learn about turtles and how they survive. I was also able to learn how to save turtles from pollution and other harms that the human race brings to them.
I would read this book to my children, because it has a lot of great facts. It also would caution them to look out for turtles well-being, to help them survive longer, because humans are endangering their lives.

[Amy]

This book describes different types of turtles, explaining why they have survived since the time of dinosaurs. It reviews the life span, how long they live, size, hibernation, parts of the body, etc. In the end, it urges the reader to take care of turtles because they are endangered. Informational but not overwhelming, this book is perfect for a child to read on their own.

[Jen]

Very informative book on a variety of turtles and their habits, habitats, diet, etc. I like how different turtles were featured on each page so that readers could compare bodies, colors, and markings of the different turtles.

[Mary Raccuia]

One of the many Let's -Read and Find out Sciece Books Look out For Turtles is a great resource for young readers learning about Science and animals. Factual information is presented with realistic illustrations. This book is a perfect to use as a resource when doing a research project.

[Cheryl]

a nice book about turtles, their habitat and habits. nice illustrations

[Elanor]

All by herself!

[Ronda]

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