Turtle Mania: Titles from a Turtle Book Collection

	Book Title and Author	Brief Description	The books on this page can be purchase through Amazon.com. The books with OOP are Out of Print books. Some of these may still be obtainable. The descriptions that begin with an *'s are one I do not have in my collection yet. But hope to someday. Jump to bottom
OOP	A Perfect Spring BY: Lark Carrier	Although the abandoned egg picked up and hatched by Mr. And Mrs. Seabird yields a turtle unlike the baby bird from their own egg, the lessons they have to impart seem to apply to both young creatures equally.
	A Summertime Song BY:Irene Haas	Lucy attends a magical birthday party and finds the doll her grandmother loved and lost when she was a girl.
	Ananse's Feast - An Ashanti Tale BY: Tololwa M. Mollel	*Unwilling to share his feast, Anase the spider tricks Akye the turtle so that he can eat all the food himself, but Akye finds a way to get even.
	And Still The Turtle Watched By:Sheila Macgill-Callahan	A turtle carved in rock on a bluff over a river by Indians long ago, watches with sadness the changes man brings over the years.
	Animal World The Turtle BY: Rourke Enterprises	Describes the natural environment, physical characteristics, and behavior of turtles emphasizing the life of the green turtle of Brazil which migrates to Ascension Island to lay its eggs.
	Box Turtle At Long Pond BY: William T. George	On a busy day at Long Pond, Box Turtle searches for food, basks in the sun, and escapes a raccoon.
	Clovis Crawfish and Bidon Box Turtle (The Clovis Crawfish Series) BY: Mary Alice Fontenot	*Clovis Crawfish and his French-speaking animal friends help a box turtle cross the bayou.
	Coyote and Little Turtle; A Traditional Hopi Tale BY: Hershel Talashoema
	Don't Kiss Your Turtle Goodbye! BY:	*
	Eleven Turtle Tales : Adventure Tales from Around the World (American Storytelling) BY: Pleasant Despain	*Selected especially for retelling, their cultural variety, and the array of roles Turtle plays--from trickster to advisor--these folktales illustrate the "many masks Turtle so effortlessly wears." Included are tales from Africa, Japan, India, the Americas, and an ancient Aboriginal story.
	Esio Trot BY: Roald Dahl	Shy Mr. Hoppy devise a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger.
OOP	Fast Friends BY: James Stevenson	Murray the turtle and Fred the snail are good friends. Usually they are slow friends. Today they are FAST friends. 2 funny stories included.
	Fisherman and the Grateful Turtle (Japanese Fairy Tale Series : No. 3) BY: Essei Okawa	*
OOP	Flip And Flap BY: Gerald Hawksley	A first picture story book.
OOP	Flippity Floppity A Bunny Nap Book BY:Stephen Cosgrove	This pre-naptime story will encourage tired children as well as bunnies to rest after a morning of play. (ages 3 - 5)
	Franklin Goes To School BY: Paulette Bourgeois	On the first day of school, Franklin is a little nervous. But his teacher, Mr. Owl, knows just what to do; And Franklin has a wonderful day!
	Franklin In The Dark BY: Paulette Bourgeois	Franklin is afraid of small, dark places. This is a real problem because Franklin is a turtle. And he is afraid of crawling into his small, dark shell. What will Franklin do?
	Full Moon Stories : Thirteen Native American Legends BY: Eagle Walking Turtle	*Grandpa Iron tells thirteen stories, one for each full moon of the year, that convey some of the traditions and beliefs of Native Americans, particularly his Arapaho people.
	Happy Birthday, Dear Duck BY: Eve Bunting	Duck's birthday gifts from his animal friends are wonderful but cannot be used away from the water, a problem eventually solved by the arrival of his last gift.
	How Honu theTurtle Got His Shell BY: Casey A. McGuire-Turcotte	Relates how Honu, a daring Hawaiian sea turtle, becomes the first turtle to have a shell.
OOP	How To Talk To Your Computer BY: Seymour Simon	Ages 5-9. Uses Logo and BASIC to illustrate a description of home computer programs and languages.
	How Turtle's Back Was Cracked BY: Gayle Ross	A traditional Cherokee tale: Turtle's shell is cracked when the wolves plot to stop his boastful ways.
	Minn Of The Mississippi BY: Holling Clancy Holling	na
OOP	Mr Monkey And The Gotcha Bird BY: Walter Dean Myers	Captured by the Gotcha Bird one day when he is walking around with his nose in the air thinking he is big stuff, Monkey does some fast thinking to keep from being eaten.
	Now I Know Turtles BY: Janet Craig	Brief text and pictures introduce the turtle, the animal that carries its home on its back.
OOP	Old Tortoise And Baboon BY: Wesley Porter	An old tortoise devises a plan to square things with a baboon who has tricked him. -- African folk legend
	Old Turtle BY: Douglas Wood	An enchanting fable for children and adults, promotes a deeper understanding of the earth and our relationship with all the beings who inhabit it.
	Rabbit Makes A Monkey Of Lion BY: Verna Aardema	Africa folklore: With the help of her friends Bush-rat and Turtle, smart and nimble Rabbit makes a fool out of the mighty but slow-witted king of the forest.
	Search For The Great Turtle Mother BY: Jack Rudloe	*A rotating rock that exercises a directing force over the migration of sea turtles is the legendary Turtle Mother of Rudloe's quest. Recounts by Central American coastal inhabitants, fishermen, and academicians explain that Turtle Mother folklore provided a conservation ethic that guided early inhabitants to harvest turtles at a sustainable rate in contrast with current destructive practices.
OOP	Sister Yessa's Story BY: Karen Greenfield	Dark clouds gather a Yessa walks to her brother's place, telling a story as she goes about the early days of the earth; and the animals follow her two by two to listen.
	Surprise Party BY: Sharon Gordon	A surprise party is given for Kate.

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