Washoe County Library System

Presents the life of sea turtles, including where they travel, how they build nests, and what they eat.

"Alphonso the alligator snapping turtle heads out for a breakfast hunt but ends up having second thoughts. At the bottom of the pond, Alphonso the snapping turtle opens his mouth wide, wiggles his worm-like tongue, and waits patiently for breakfast. He barely notices a measly minnow, but he’s thrilled when the entire school shows up. Alphonso’s perseverance has paid off! But when a whole family of minnows arrives to celebrate together, Alphonso’s...

When a boy finds a turtle basking in the sun at the park he thinks he has found the perfect pet, but the turtle only seems happy at bath time. Includes facts about turtles.

Photographs and text present interesting facts about turtles.

Provides simple information about the physical characteristics, habits, and different kinds of turtles.

After his best friend Sarah leaves for her first day of school, a tortoise named Truman goes on an adventure across the living room and learns to be brave in this thoughtful and heartwarming twist on a first experience story. Truman the tortoise lives with his Sarah, high above the taxis and the trash trucks and the number eleven bus, which travels south. He never worries about the world belowuntil one day, when Sarah straps on a big backpack and...

A tortoise realizes the need for a shell after several scary encounters.

When someone's hat blows off in the wind, Turtle asks various animals if it belongs to one of them.