Turtle Books
This list is from World Turtle Day, which takes place every year on May 23. But I'm updating it now because I recently visited the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre near Peterborough, ON, and now have turtles on the brain. Plus the first book on the list, Saving Turtles, was written by Sue Carstairs, who is the veterinarian at the OTCC. The book is wonderful and inspiring—and the centre is too!

Boy on the Back of the Turtle
Seeking God, Quince Marmalade and the Fabled Albatross on Darwin's Islands

Saving Turtles
A Kid's Guide to Helping Endangered Creatures

We Found a Hat

Come, Thou Tortoise

Dancing On Our Turtle's Back
Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence

The Shell of the Tortoise
Four Essays & an Assemblage

Franklin and Harriet

Gus the Tortoise Takes a Walk

Raise Some Shell
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Turtle Pond

Swimming with Turtles
Spirit of Place