Baby Sea Turtle
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2007
- Category
- General, General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550417289
- Publish Date
- Feb 2007
- List Price
- $7.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550417463
- Publish Date
- Feb 2007
- List Price
- $7.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 5 to 8
- Grade: k to 3
Description
On a narrow strip of beach in Trinidad, a mother sea turtle comes to shore to dig her nest and deposit her eggs. Right from the beginning, the odds are against the hatchlings. Wild dogs, the rising tide, and other digging sea turtles could destroy the eggs before they hatch. The remaining baby sea turtles will scramble to the water as best they can - taking their first steps on a long and dangerous journey to maturity.
Included are the folllowing: ul type=square">Original color photographs taken in the wild, Simple, informative stories A "Did You Know?" section of interesting factsComplete with introduction, table of contents, and index for parents and teachers, andA fine introduction to nature for preschoolers and primary readers"
About the authors
Aubrey Lang has been a freelance writer and photographer for more than fifteen years. A science writer and wildlife photographer for the past twenty-five years, Wayne Lynch has seen his work published in more than two dozen countries. Together they've produced nearly forty titles for children and adults, and countless articles in well-known nature magazines, including Ranger Rick, Owl, Wild, National Wildlife and Canadian Geographic.
Wildlife photographer and science writer Dr. Wayne Lynch has dedicated almost three decades to learning everything he can about these powerful mammals. In his quest for bears, he has crawled inside the winter dens of black bears and polar bears, held squirming grizzly cubs in his arms, sailed along the coastal rainforests of British Columbia, hiked the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in South America and ridden elephants through the jungles of Nepal and India.
In Bears, Bears, Bears for Kids, his engaging guide to the world's eight bear species, Lynch introduces us to the strange and wonderful natural histories of these magnificent wild animals.
For more than 40 years, Dr. Wayne Lynch has been writing about and photographing the wildlands of the world from the stark beauty of the Arctic and Antarctic to the lush rainforests of the tropics. Today, he is one of Canada's best-known and most widely published nature writers and wildlife photographers. His photo credits include hundreds of magazine covers, thousands of calendar shots, and tens of thousands of images published in over 80 countries. He is also the author/photographer of more than 45 books for children as well as over 20 highly acclaimed natural history books for adults including Windswept: A Passionate View of the Prairie Grasslands; Penguins of the World; Bears: Monarchs of the Northern Wilderness; A is for Arctic: Natural Wonders of a Polar World; Wild Birds Across the Prairies;Planet Arctic: Life at the Top of the World; The Great Northern Kingdom: Life in the Boreal Forest; Owls of the United States and Canada: A Complete Guide to their Biology and Behavior; Penguins: The World's Coolest Birds; Galapagos: A Traveler's Introduction; A Celebration of Prairie Birds; and Bears of the North: A Year Inside Their Worlds.In 2022, he released Wildlife of the Rockies for Kids and Loons: Treasured Symbols of the North. His books have won multiple awards and have been described as "a magical combination of words and images."
Editorial Reviews
"Crisp, telephoto views of leatherback sea turtles illustrate every page in this small, slim entry in the Nature Babies series. The detailed text helps kids further visualize the animals. . . the vivid pictures and facts, bolstered by an appended "Did You Know?" section, will easily spark children's interest in these unusual, endangered creatures."
— Booklist
"Lang and Lynch have once again combined amazing photos and biologically accurate text to create a book that is both visually appealing and accessible to young readers. In clear, concise language, the author describes a mother leatherback sea turtle as she comes ashore on a Caribbean beach late one night to lay her eggs. The informative text delineates the many dangers that imperil the eggs and later the hatchlings as they struggle to survive against incredible odds. "Did you know?" sections provide interesting facts for beginning researchers. . . This book will fill a niche and make an excellent addition to both school and public libraries."
— School Library Journal
". . . with clear, informative pictures. . . lively texts that invite repeated reading. . . "
— Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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