Turtles

Amazing Animals

by Christina Wilsdon

From the sea to the desert, turtles can be found in almost every part of the world. Each type of turtle has its own incredible features. Find out what they eat, where they lay their eggs, and how they use their shells to hide from predators.

48 pages, Library Binding

First published May 28, 2007

About the author

Christina Wilsdon is the author of For Horse-Crazy Girls Only and other books for children. She is a horse-crazy mom with an even horse-crazier twelve-year-old. She lives with her family in Seattle.

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Reviews

[Claire Binkley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had a pet turtle in my basement when I was younger. This book has many pictures of them which are pleasing to observe if you are a wildlife enthusiast.

It has a fun quiz at the end to see if you were paying attention with a few sample answers printed upside down if you don't have all day to write an essay in one of those blue books bought at the student bookstore.

I think the most important one to highlight is that it was asking why so many are in danger of extinction. Although the standard answer is due to human meddling (or I think it had something more PC, let me check what it said... "Because their habitats have been destroyed and they have been hunted too much" I misrecalled) but are people really that destructive?