Box Turtles

by Lynn M. Stone

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of box turtles and discusses their relationship with humans.

Genres: Nonfiction

48 pages, Library Binding

First published March 1, 2001

About the author

Lynn M. Stone is the author and photographer of Rabbit Breeds. Stone is a naturalist, nature photographer, and writer whose photos have appeared in such magazines as National Wildlife, Ranger Rick, National Geographic, Field and Stream, Outdoor Life, Natural History, Audubon, and Smithsonian.

Reviews

[Greta is Erikasbuddy · Rating 2 out of 5]

The pictures in this book were magnificent but I found the information to be quite contradictory from every book I have recently read concerning box turtles. Also, it had a bunch of "we don't know" this or that about the box turtle because they have not been "studied" in depth enough. So much so that it made me wonder if the box turtle has ever been studied.

While it's not a bad book, this is one that I wouldn't start with if you are interested in learning about box turtles.

[Andrea Keeland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Box Turtles is a nonfiction text intended for children. Lynn M. Stone does a great job informing the reader about special qualities within box turtles and also explains how to care for them as pets if one chooses to do so. With each turn of a page, the reader is presented with large print and a photographed picture of a box turtle.

I would recommend this book. It is an easy read for most students- minus a few factual words specific to the topic. Also, the pictures are not illustrated, instead, they are real-life pictures taken by a person.

This book could be used as a care guide for a student or as a research project resource.

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating introduction to box turtles. I especially appreciated the honesty of the author in stating that while scientists have hypotheses about the hows and whys of box turtles, they don't actually know everything. This is good, honest, scientific writing, at a level perfect for elementary-aged kids looking to do some research/ I know I learned a lot!

[Nicole Sampson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This had a lot of information, which we liked. I wish there had been more pictures to depict certain turtles that were discussed. My kids thought it was mostly boring.

[Nico Lopez · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought that this was a really easy read. It just teaches you all of the basic things that informational books can teach about animals, reptiles and other things like that.

[Horace Mann Family Reading Challenge · Rating 5 out of 5]

They can close their shells. L.