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"Simple, lyrical words and bright, acrylic doublepage pictures convey the astonishing facts about the loggerhead sea turtle. . . . A powerful nature story for a young audience." —BOOKLISTFar, far out at sea lives one of the world's most mysterious creatures, the loggerhead turtle. For thirty years she swims the oceans, wandering thousands of miles as she searches for food. Then, one summer night, she lands on a beach to lay her eggs — the very same beach where she herself was born. Nicola Davies's lyrical text offers fascinating information about the journey of the tiny, endangered loggerhead, while charming paintings by Jane Chapman vividly illustrate one turtle's odyssey.
Lexile Measure: 650L (What's this?)
Series: Read and Wonder
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Candlewick; 5/15/05 edition (June 14, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0763623113
ISBN-13: 978-0763623111
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 0.1 x 9.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #18,103 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Turtles #7 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Science Studies > Nature > Oceans & Seas #8 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Science Studies > Nature > Water
Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
This interesting book explains to children the basic life cycle of a loggerhead sea turtle. The book opens with a brief introduction explaining that a sea turtle is related to tortoises and terrapins, but they are different types of animals. After the one-page introduction, the actual story begins. We follow the life cycle of a sea turtle called Loggerhead from the time she is a small turtle living and hiding in sea weeds and drift wood to the time Loggerhead swims to the mating beaches to mate and lay her eggs. The last pages of the book include a brief index that can help teach children what an index is and how to use it. ONE TINY TURTLE is a great reading science book for young children. It's very factual and realistic in displaying and describing what we know of the life of a sea turtle (for instance, after the eggs are hatched, it makes it clear that only a few baby turtles ever make it to the ocean and the rest are eaten by crabs and birds). Highly recommended, especially for anyone who likes turtles.
There is so much information packed into this work that it is difficult to imagine how the author and illustrator pulled it off. This is the story of the life cycle of the loggerhead turtle. The illustrations are beautiful and actually quite accurate. The text is simple and very, very well done. It follows the illustrations perfectly and is just overflowing with good information. This book, while great for kids to read on their own (this is one of the more used books in our school library), it is also great to read to the class as a whole as it never fails to bring on good questions and good discussions (better know your turtles when faces with a bunch of third graders).
I looked up the word "lyrical" to make sure I was using it correctly in my alliterative title. One of the definitions conveyed exactly what I was going for: expressing deep emotion. Davies has somehow taken a simple children's book, brimming with facts and details of the lifecycle of a loggerhead turtle, and turned it into an emotion filled, heart-tugging inspirational story.Instead of a baby talk primer, this book inspires true literacy with verses like:"Floating in the sea she weighs nothing, but on land she's heavier than a man. So every flipper step is a struggle, and her eyes stream with salty tears, which help keep them free of sand." WOW - What a beautiful way to convey information.
I like this story because it tells me a lot about loggerhead turtles. My favorite part about the story is the interesting fact that turtles cry. I never knew that! Turtles lay one to ten eggs, but at least five live. I learned that. They lay their eggs at night. I like this book because it is a wonderful story about turtles and I think everyone should read it.
Working with struggling third grade readers is a constant challenge. I look for interesting, easy books to teach reading skills. This is a favorite book to use to teach Text Features and Sequential Order. I show a video clip of turtles hatching and going to the sea at the end. Reading and writing take on new meaning with this lovely and informative book. Students in fifth grade still fondly remember reading and studying this gem.
We live near the beach and took our 4 year old daughter to a turtle excavation on the beach. She was fascinated with turtles and asked so many questions that we could not answer. This book is PERFECT for educating young children (and adults as well!!) about turtle life. The story is sweet and the illustrations are great. My daughter asks us to read this OVER and OVER again and we enjoy it as much as she does!
I bought this book as a part of a homeschool curriculum (organic homeschooling) and was so pleased when it arrived. The illustrations are exquisite, the language is lyrical and flowing, and the information contained is so wonderfully interesting. My 2-10yo sat transfixed as I read it to them. Then they went off to draw turtles and lament about all the nasty birds eating the babies :) I'll definitely be buying more book from this series.
One Tiny Turtle is about a little Loggerhead Turtle that started as a baby and then became an adult. I like this book because he started as a little baby and then he grew up. This book is a little funny. If you like turtles or reptiles you should read this book!
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