Amazing Animals: Tortoises

Amazing Animals: Tortoises
Author: Kate Riggs
Publisher: Creative Paperbacks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-08-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780898129298

A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of tortoises, the slow moving shelled reptiles. Also included is a retelling of Aesop's famous fable about the tortoise and the hare. From humpbacked camels to drumming woodpeckers, and from fast-flying hummingbirds to slow-moving tortoises, the world of animals is wonderfully diverse. This popular and newly expanded series continues traveling the planet to study these and other fascinating animals. Beautiful photos are paired with accessible text to examine the featured creature's appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle. Each book also presents a folk story that people have used to help explain the animal's appearance or behavior.

Amazing Animals: Sea Turtles

Amazing Animals: Sea Turtles
Author: Kate Riggs
Publisher: Creative Paperbacks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-09-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781628320916

A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of sea turtles, the migrating shelled reptiles. Also included is a story from folklore explaining how sea turtles cause monsoons.

Giant Tortoise

Giant Tortoise
Author: August Hoeft
Publisher: Xist Publishing
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 153241420X

I see a giant tortoise. The giant tortoise eats leaves. Beginning readers can learn all about the giant tortoise in this short book in the I See Animals Series. With less than 20 unique words, kids can learn about interesting animals while building their reading fluency. Each I See Animals book uses simple sentences, sight words, and vibrant photos to help even the earliest readers delve into a nonfiction text. The books all contain a note to parents and caregivers with tips for helping kids learn to read. A Word list and post-reading activities are also included in every I See Animals book. These books are all Guided Reading Level C.

The Tortoise's Gift

The Tortoise's Gift
Author: Lari Don
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2019-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1646860055

When a draught leaves all the animals hungry, one by one they try to discover the name of the magical tree that will give them its fruit if asked by name—but only one animal will succeed. This illustrated chapter book retelling of folktale from Zambia is available individually and as part of the Stories from around the World: 4 Tales of Persistence & Grit set.

Amazing Animals: Bats

Amazing Animals: Bats
Author: Kate Riggs
Publisher: Creative Paperbacks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-08-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780898126907

This popular series continues traveling the planet to study alligators, bats, and other fascinating animals. Beautiful photos are paired with accessible text to examine the featured creature's appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle.

Turtle or Tortoise?

Turtle or Tortoise?
Author: Rob Ryndak
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1482427303

Both turtles and tortoises have shells and move pretty slowly. So what makes them different? Where to terrapins fit in? There’s much more going on with these amazing creatures than just carapaces and plastrons. From their family ties and foot size to their habitats, these animals look, live, and even eat differently. Some of these awesome animals can live for centuries. Readers will discover which of these reptiles can survive hundreds of years longer than humans, along with a host of other fun facts. Vivid photographs of turtles and tortoises in their natural habitat add further fascination for readers ready to tackle the differences between these two reptiles.

What's the Difference Between a Turtle and a Tortoise?

What's the Difference Between a Turtle and a Tortoise?
Author: Trisha Speed Shaskan
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1404855467

"One animal has a lightweight shell. The other animal's shell is heavy. Do you know the differences between a turtle and a tortoise?"--P. [4] of cover.

Tortoises

Tortoises
Author: Kate Riggs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2022-08-09
Genre: Testudinidae
ISBN: 9781682771099

"Meet these amazing shelled reptiles! This book explores the many different kinds of tortoises, where they live, their behaviors, and why they move so slow. A folk talk retells Aesop's story of the tortoise and the hare"--

Amazing Animals: Camels

Amazing Animals: Camels
Author: Kate Riggs
Publisher: Creative Paperbacks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-08-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780898129250

A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of camels, hump-backed, furry desert-dwellers. Also included is a story from folklore explaining how camels got their humps. From humpbacked camels to drumming woodpeckers, and from fast-flying hummingbirds to slow-moving tortoises, the world of animals is wonderfully diverse. This popular and newly expanded series continues traveling the planet to study these and other fascinating animals. Beautiful photos are paired with accessible text to examine the featured creature's appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle. Each book also presents a folk story that people have used to help explain the animal's appearance or behavior.

The Gopher Tortoise

The Gopher Tortoise
Author: Ray E. Ashton
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2004-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1561643017

Full-color book for children ages 10 and up. Details the life of the gopher tortoise and how it is tied in with other animals. Also discusses how the encroachment into the gopher tortoise's habitat is affecting the environment and the tortoise.