Book of Turtles

<p><strong>**A SIBERT HONOR BOOK! **</strong></p><p><strong>** A <em>KIRKUS</em> BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ** A <em>BOOKLIST</em> EDITORS' CHOICE OF THE YEAR ** </strong></p><p><strong>From National Book Award finalist and <em>New York Times</em> bestseller Sy Montgomery comes an ode to one of the most diverse fascinating and beloved species on the planet: turtles. With dazzling illustrations and emotionally engaging fact-filled text this picture book will speak to the wisdom these long-lived animals can lend.</strong></p><p>Everyone loves turtles. And no wonder: long-lived unhurried and ancient these shelled reptiles are fascinating.</p><p>Turtles are also endlessly surprising. There are turtles with soft shells turtles with googly eyes turtles with necks longer than their bodies and turtles whose shells glow in the dark!</p><p>And each turtle of each of the more than 300 kinds is an individual. You'll meet some of them here: Lonesome George the last of his kind on Earth. And Myrtle the 90-year-old green sea turtle who has more than 7000 followers on Facebook. </p><p>What questions might you ask a turtle? You'll find many of the answers in this gorgeous compendium--and perhaps be inspired to help at a time when these reptiles who evolved at the same time as the dinosaurs face the deadliest dangers of their more than 380-million-year history.</p><p><strong>Read more books by Sy Montgomery: </strong></p><ul><em>Becoming a Good Creature</em></li><em>The Magnificent Migration</em></li><em>Condor Comeback</em></li><em>The Hyena Scientist</em></li><em>The Octopus Scientists</em></li><em>The Great White Shark Scientist</em></li></ul><p> </p>