From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestseller Sy
Montgomery comes an ode to one of the most diverse, fascinating, and
beloved species on the planet: turtles. With dazzling illustrations and
emotionally engaging, fact-filled text, this picture book will speak to
the wisdom these long-lived animals can lend.
Everyone loves turtles. And no wonder: long-lived, unhurried, and
ancient, these shelled reptiles are fascinating.
Turtles are also endlessly surprising. There are turtles with soft
shells, turtles with googly eyes, turtles with necks longer than their
bodies, and turtles whose shells glow in the dark!
And each turtle, of each of the more than 300 kinds, is an individual.
You'll meet some of them here: Lonesome George, the last of his kind on
Earth. And Myrtle, the 90-year-old green sea turtle, who has 7,000
followers on Facebook.
What questions might you ask a turtle? You'll find many of the answers
in this gorgeous compendium--and perhaps be inspired to help at a time
that these reptiles, who evolved at the same time as the dinosaurs, face
the deadliest dangers of their more than 380-million year history.