Read and Wonder (Pb): One Tiny Turtle (Hardcover)

from kelseyjenkens

I really enjoyed reading this book. First, I liked this book because of its pictures. Each page was done in water color and I think this technique truly grasped the vision of an ocean. The colors blended well together and the pictures were very engaging and wonderful to look at. Another reason wh...

from jdaniel14

Not only are the illustrations amazing, but the descriptive words are also captivating. Davies writes, "She's a baby, so her shell is soft as old leather." While academic language is simple in this book, students can learn about the life cycles of loggerhead turtles. This book could be used to su...

from bphill5

I really like this book because it combines scientific information about turtles with a story, because it has realistic illustrations, and because it is about one of my favorite types of sea turtles, the loggerback! On each page, there is larger text telling the story of a baby turtle growing up....

from TerraO

The story is about a baby sea turtle that goes through all the stages of it's life. Hatching from an egg to returning back to where it was born and laying it's own eggs. I thought this was a good story to teach the children about how turtles live. This book can be used in classrooms for science c...

from CardCatalogue

One Tiny Turtle is an excellent introduction to non-fiction writing for young children. The narrative story style of the writing and the realistic, yet artistic, illustrations, make the text very accessible to young readers. One concern is that the information may not be taken for fact due to the...