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 the award-winning author of more than 400 non-fiction books. She established herself as a leading author in children’s non-fiction in the 1980’s and 90’s with two acclaimed series about pioneer life, The Early Settler Life Series (15 titles) and The Historic Communities Series (31 titles), both published by Crabtree Publishing. She has created many of Crabtree’s most popular series, which also include The Native Nations of North America Series (19 titles), The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series (93 titles), and The Science of Living Things Series (32 titles), among others.

Born in Hungary in 1947, Bobbie and her family escaped to Austria during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. The family spent several weeks there as refugees before immigrating to North America. A former teacher, Bobbie Kalman taught at both the elementary and secondary levels. She also spent several years working as an educational consultant for several publishing companies. Bobbie holds degrees in English, Psychology, and Education. She is married and has four children and three grandchildren.

Although best known for her non-fiction, Bobbie’s newest book is autobiographical. Released in September, 2006, Refugee Child is the account of Bobbie and her family’s escape from Hungary when she was just nine years old. Written to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution in October of 2006, the book is told from the perspective of a young girl.

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