The Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle

by Bobbie Kalman

The life cycle of this ancient species is unique in many ways. Male sea turtles live their entire lives at sea. Females come ashore only to lay their eggs, returning to the same beach on which they were born. Children will be fascinated by the journey that thousands of sea turtle babies must make to reach the sea! They will learn - the growth and development inside the turtle egg - their life as a hatchling - the dangerous journey back to the sea - how people can help sea turtles

Genres: Science

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

Bobbie Kalman is a Hungarian-born children's author and publisher known for educational nonfiction books widely used in schools and libraries. After fleeing Hungary with her family during the 1956 Revolution, she later settled in North America. With backgrounds in English, psychology, and education, she wrote more than 800 books, including “Refugee Child” and several popular curriculum-based series.

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 1 out of 5]

Evolution is a theory, folks, not a proven fact. It's easy. Instead of saying something happened, just say that scientists BELIEVE it happened. And then it's all better! Serious pet peeve of mine! The book itself was okay, but I don't think it had anything to offer that the other books I've read on the topic didn't.

[Kennedy]

good

[Sarah Ziskend]

Good for:
Discussing the life cycle, looking at different reptials and such
, inside egged cells, deep sea, the journey sea turtles make

Very wordy, a lot of information, might be a reference rather than a read aloud