Author: Justine Fontes
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307960078
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Delightful retellings of turtle tales from around the world, plus fun facts about turtles, are sure to please all turtle fans.
How the Turtle Got Its Shell
Author: Justine Fontes
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307960078
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Delightful retellings of turtle tales from around the world, plus fun facts about turtles, are sure to please all turtle fans.
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307960078
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Delightful retellings of turtle tales from around the world, plus fun facts about turtles, are sure to please all turtle fans.
Nanabosho, How the Turtle Got Its Shell
Author: Joseph McLellan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780921827405
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Long ago when Turtle was just a little green creature, he had to hide from everyone because he had no shell. Then one day when Nanabosho wasn't having much luck fishing, Turtle helped out by telling Nanabosho where all the fish were. Nanabosho was so grateful that, as a reward, he fashioned a shell from a round stone to protect Turtle from any harm.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780921827405
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Long ago when Turtle was just a little green creature, he had to hide from everyone because he had no shell. Then one day when Nanabosho wasn't having much luck fishing, Turtle helped out by telling Nanabosho where all the fish were. Nanabosho was so grateful that, as a reward, he fashioned a shell from a round stone to protect Turtle from any harm.
How the Turtle Got Its Shell
Author:
Publisher: See-Mores Workshop
ISBN: 9781882601400
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher: See-Mores Workshop
ISBN: 9781882601400
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Life in a Shell
Author: Donald C. Jackson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674058909
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Trundling along in essentially the same form for some 220 million years, turtles have seen dinosaurs come and go, mammals emerge, and humankind expand its dominion. Is it any wonder the persistent reptile bested the hare? In this engaging book physiologist Donald Jackson shares a lifetime of observation of this curious creature, allowing us a look under the shell of an animal at once so familiar and so strange. Here we discover how the turtle’s proverbial slowness helps it survive a long, cold winter under ice. How the shell not only serves as a protective home but also influences such essential functions as buoyancy control, breathing, and surviving remarkably long periods without oxygen, and how many other physiological features help define this unique animal. Jackson offers insight into what exactly it’s like to live inside a shell—to carry the heavy carapace on land and in water, to breathe without an expandable ribcage, to have sex with all that body armor intervening. Along the way we also learn something about the process of scientific discovery—how the answer to one question leads to new questions, how a chance observation can change the direction of study, and above all how new research always builds on the previous work of others. A clear and informative exposition of physiological concepts using the turtle as a model organism, the book is as interesting for what it tells us about scientific investigation as it is for its deep and detailed understanding of how the enduring turtle “works.”
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674058909
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Trundling along in essentially the same form for some 220 million years, turtles have seen dinosaurs come and go, mammals emerge, and humankind expand its dominion. Is it any wonder the persistent reptile bested the hare? In this engaging book physiologist Donald Jackson shares a lifetime of observation of this curious creature, allowing us a look under the shell of an animal at once so familiar and so strange. Here we discover how the turtle’s proverbial slowness helps it survive a long, cold winter under ice. How the shell not only serves as a protective home but also influences such essential functions as buoyancy control, breathing, and surviving remarkably long periods without oxygen, and how many other physiological features help define this unique animal. Jackson offers insight into what exactly it’s like to live inside a shell—to carry the heavy carapace on land and in water, to breathe without an expandable ribcage, to have sex with all that body armor intervening. Along the way we also learn something about the process of scientific discovery—how the answer to one question leads to new questions, how a chance observation can change the direction of study, and above all how new research always builds on the previous work of others. A clear and informative exposition of physiological concepts using the turtle as a model organism, the book is as interesting for what it tells us about scientific investigation as it is for its deep and detailed understanding of how the enduring turtle “works.”
Bathala and Sinta
Author: Mylene Leumin
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781795003162
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Using a simple language and creative images, this book in Philippine folklore explains how living things and heavenly bodies were formed; and why storms, dust and wind exist. Apart from the rich moral that is delivered in the story, its length is great for introductory readers. While it enhances the imagination, it also introduces the appreciation of folklore from other cultures.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781795003162
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Using a simple language and creative images, this book in Philippine folklore explains how living things and heavenly bodies were formed; and why storms, dust and wind exist. Apart from the rich moral that is delivered in the story, its length is great for introductory readers. While it enhances the imagination, it also introduces the appreciation of folklore from other cultures.
The Box Turtle
Author: Vanessa Roeder
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735230501
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
An irresistibly cute story about finding the confidence to be yourself, starring a turtle in search of the perfect shell. Terrance the turtle was born without a shell, so he uses a cardboard box instead. Terrance loves his box. It keeps him dry on soggy days, safe from snooping strangers, and is big enough to cozy up with a friend. But when another turtle points out that Terrance's shell is, well, weird, he begins to wonder whether there might be a better shell out there... Eventually, and through much trial and error, Terrance learns that there's nothing wrong with being different--especially when it comes to being yourself.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735230501
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
An irresistibly cute story about finding the confidence to be yourself, starring a turtle in search of the perfect shell. Terrance the turtle was born without a shell, so he uses a cardboard box instead. Terrance loves his box. It keeps him dry on soggy days, safe from snooping strangers, and is big enough to cozy up with a friend. But when another turtle points out that Terrance's shell is, well, weird, he begins to wonder whether there might be a better shell out there... Eventually, and through much trial and error, Terrance learns that there's nothing wrong with being different--especially when it comes to being yourself.
How Turtle Got His Shell and Other Stories
Author: James Vance Marshall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781922077219
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Now in paperback. How did turtle get his shell? Why do young koalas cling to their mothers' backs? How was the mighty Murray River created? Ten witty retellings of legends, some of them from the Yorta Yorta people, to delight readers of all ages.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781922077219
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Now in paperback. How did turtle get his shell? Why do young koalas cling to their mothers' backs? How was the mighty Murray River created? Ten witty retellings of legends, some of them from the Yorta Yorta people, to delight readers of all ages.
When Turtle Grew Feathers
Author: Tim Tingle
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874837773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Choctaw variant of Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, in which Turkey assists Turtle in defeating Rabbit.
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874837773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Choctaw variant of Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, in which Turkey assists Turtle in defeating Rabbit.
Turtle Who Lost His Shell
Author: Paul Levy
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9781570640964
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Performing Arts
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9781570640964
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Performing Arts
Turtle Boy
Author: M. Evan Wolkenstein
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0593121589
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD WINNER A boy who has spent his life living inside a shell discovers the importance of taking chance in this "winner" (Booklist, starred review) of a friendship story that's perfect for fans of Wonder. It's the year of Will Levine's bar mitzvah, and for his community service project, he's expected to go to the hospital to visit RJ, an older boy struggling with an incurable disease. Will can't think of anything worse, mainly because he will have to face his fear of hospitals. Life in the seventh grade isn't much easier. The kids are relentless--they bully Will because of his funny looking chin. When Will and RJ first meet, they DO NOT get along. Then RJ shares his bucket list with Will. Among the things he wants to do: ride a roller coaster; go to a school dance; swim in the ocean. To Will, happiness is hanging out in his room, alone, preferably with the turtles he collects. But as RJ's disease worsens, Will realizes he needs to tackle the bucket list on RJ's behalf before it's too late. It seems like an impossible mission, way outside Will's comfort zone. But as he completes each task with RJ's guidance, Will learns that life is too short to live in a shell. "Everyone deserves a friend like Will Levine." --Lynne Kelly, author of Song for a Whale
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0593121589
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD WINNER A boy who has spent his life living inside a shell discovers the importance of taking chance in this "winner" (Booklist, starred review) of a friendship story that's perfect for fans of Wonder. It's the year of Will Levine's bar mitzvah, and for his community service project, he's expected to go to the hospital to visit RJ, an older boy struggling with an incurable disease. Will can't think of anything worse, mainly because he will have to face his fear of hospitals. Life in the seventh grade isn't much easier. The kids are relentless--they bully Will because of his funny looking chin. When Will and RJ first meet, they DO NOT get along. Then RJ shares his bucket list with Will. Among the things he wants to do: ride a roller coaster; go to a school dance; swim in the ocean. To Will, happiness is hanging out in his room, alone, preferably with the turtles he collects. But as RJ's disease worsens, Will realizes he needs to tackle the bucket list on RJ's behalf before it's too late. It seems like an impossible mission, way outside Will's comfort zone. But as he completes each task with RJ's guidance, Will learns that life is too short to live in a shell. "Everyone deserves a friend like Will Levine." --Lynne Kelly, author of Song for a Whale