Turtle Books

Titles marked OOP are out of print but may still be obtainable. Entries marked with * are not yet in the collection. Linked titles can be purchased through Amazon.

	Title & Author	Description
	OOP A Perfect Spring 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 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 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 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 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.
	The Beginning Of Armadillo Rudyard Kipling	A tortoise and a hedgehog combine their natural assets and transform themselves into armadillos to escape the hungry attention of a young jaguar.
	Box Turtle At Long Pond William T. George	On a busy day at Long Pond, Box Turtle searches for food, basks in the sun, and escapes a raccoon.
	The Carabao-Turtle Race and Other Classic Philippine Animal Folk Tales Sylvia M. Ventura	*Classic Philippine animal folk tales.
	Clovis Crawfish and Bidon Box Turtle 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 Hershel Talashoema
	OOP The Curse Of The Turtle Thomas Roy	After a series of tragedies befall Jimmy's family, whose home is built on sacred Aborigine land, he and his friend Tajurra realize the survival of the Oonadera depends on reconciliation between black and white.
	The Dancing Turtle: A Folktale from Brazil Pleasant Despain	*When a hunter captures Turtle and takes her home for turtle stew, her only hope for escape is the hunter's children and her own wit.
	Don't Kiss Your Turtle Goodbye!	*
	Eleven Turtle Tales: Adventure Tales from Around the World Pleasant Despain	*Selected for retelling, cultural variety, and the array of roles Turtle plays — from trickster to advisor — these folktales illustrate the "many masks Turtle so effortlessly wears." Includes tales from Africa, Japan, India, the Americas, and an ancient Aboriginal story.
	Esio Trot Roald Dahl	Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger.
	OOP Fast Friends James Stevenson	Murray the turtle and Fred the snail are good friends. Usually they are slow friends. Today they are FAST friends. Two funny stories included.
	The Fisherman and the Grateful Turtle Essei Okawa	*As Urashima Taro returns home after an unsuccessful day of fishing he discovers children abusing an old turtle. He rescues the turtle, and the daughter of the Sea King invites him to her father's kingdom to say thank you. Part of Heian's Japanese Fairy Tale Series.
	OOP Flip And Flap Gerald Hawksley	A first picture story book.
	OOP Flippity Floppity: A Bunny Nap Book Stephen Cosgrove	This pre-naptime story will encourage tired children as well as bunnies to rest after a morning of play. Ages 3–5.
	The Flying Tortoise: An Igbo Tale Tololwa M. Mollel	*This humorous traditional tale from the Igbo people of Nigeria features the trickster tortoise Mbeku, showing how the tortoise got his rough, checkered shell as a result of greediness and cunning.
	Franklin Goes To School 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 Paulette Bourgeois	Franklin is afraid of small, dark places — a real problem because Franklin is a turtle who is afraid of crawling into his small, dark shell. What will Franklin do?
	Full Moon Stories: Thirteen Native American Legends Eagle Walking Turtle	*Grandpa Iron tells thirteen stories, one for each full moon of the year, conveying traditions and beliefs of Native Americans, particularly his Arapaho people.
	Happy Birthday, Dear Duck 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 the Turtle Got His Shell 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 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 Gayle Ross	A traditional Cherokee tale: Turtle's shell is cracked when the wolves plot to stop his boastful ways.
	The King And The Tortoise Tololwa M. Mollel	The king challenges the animals in his kingdom to prove their wisdom by making him a robe of smoke, but only the tortoise is able to satisfy him.
	Minn Of The Mississippi Holling Clancy Holling
	OOP Mr. Monkey And The Gotcha Bird Walter Dean Myers	Captured by the Gotcha Bird when he is walking around thinking he is big stuff, Monkey does some fast thinking to keep from being eaten.
	The Name Of The Tree Celia Barker Lottridge	A Bantu Folktale: When the other turtles fail at the task, the slow but wise turtle finds a way to obtain the bountiful fruits of a magic tree.
	Now I Know Turtles Janet Craig	Brief text and pictures introduce the turtle, the animal that carries its home on its back.
	OOP Old Tortoise And Baboon Wesley Porter	An old tortoise devises a plan to square things with a baboon who has tricked him. — African folk legend
	Old Turtle Douglas Wood	An enchanting fable for children and adults that promotes a deeper understanding of the earth and our relationship with all the beings who inhabit it.
	Rabbit Makes A Monkey Of Lion 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 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. Turtle Mother folklore provided a conservation ethic that guided early inhabitants to harvest turtles at a sustainable rate.
	OOP Sister Yessa's Story Karen Greenfield	Dark clouds gather as Yessa walks to her brother's place, telling a story about the early days of the earth; and the animals follow her two by two to listen.
	The Story of the Fisherman and the Turtle Princess Carolyn Graham	*
	Surprise Party Sharon Gordon	A surprise party is given for Kate.
	Tammy Turtle: A Tale of Saving Sea Turtles Suzanne Tate	*Tammy Turtle follows the life of a loggerhead turtle from hatching to reproduction. Amazingly, Tammy returns to the same beach where she hatched to lay her eggs, where she finds her sister whom she had not seen since their race to the sea.
	Terrence the Turtle: Head and Tale Books Judith Jango-Cohen	*10-page board edition.
	Toby The Tortoise Gerald Durrell	Roger and his dog go for an adventure and find a tortoise who had fallen into the water. He rescues Toby the Tortoise and brings him home to live. But Toby is lonely, so the search begins to find someone to share his new home.
	The Tortoise and The Jackrabbit Susan Lowell	*The Tortoise and the Hare with a southwestern flair. Tortoise, living comfortably on Slow Lane, challenges cocky Jackrabbit to a race through the desert landscape.
	The Tortoise And The Tree Janina Domanska	Bantu Folktale: A retelling that explains how the tortoise got his patchwork shell.
	OOP The Tortoise Fair John Patience	Tales From Fern Hollow.
	Tortoise Brings the Mail Dee Lillegard	*
	Traveling To Tondo Verna Aardema	A tale of the Nkundo of Zaire: On his way to his wedding, with his friends as attendants, a civet cat meets with extraordinary and unexpected delays.
	Tunkashila: From the Birth of Turtle Island to the Blood of Wounded Knee Gerald Hausman	The mythological saga of Native America told in one sweeping narrative, retelling dozens of native stories with colorful characters and supernatural beings.
	Turtle Bay Saviour Pirotta	Taro is fascinated by the strange actions of old Jiro-San, who sweeps the sand on the beach while waiting for the arrival of Japanese sea turtles to lay their eggs.
	Turtle Day Douglas Florian	Turtle's adventures include sunning on a log, going for a swim, and being scared by a snake.
	Turtle Going Nowhere in the Plenty of Time Davis Many Voices	*Presents American Indian tales from the Southwest and Midwest, including those which explain how bluebonnets came into the world and why raccoons wash their food.
	Turtle In July Marilyn Singer	An illustrated collection about the activities of particular animals in each month of the year.
	Turtle Island Alphabet: A Lexicon of Native American Symbols and Culture Gerald Hausman	*A lyrical, poetic work which reaffirms the view that Native Americans once held of the land, built from more than 20 years of studying, collecting, and narrating Native American stories.
	Turtle Knows Your Name Ashley Bryan	*
	Turtle Moon Alice Hoffman	Verity, Florida is where Lucy moves with her son Keith to escape her past. When Keith runs off with a baby after the child's mother is murdered, the stage is set for mayhem, thrills, and unexpected romance.
	Turtle Spring Deborah Turney Zagwyn	The changing seasons bring surprises to Clee, including a new baby brother early in the year and a turtle whose life seems to crawl away in the winter.
	OOP The Turtle And The Island Barbara Ker Wilson	Papua New Guinea folktale: Retells the legend of how New Guinea was made by a great sea turtle, the mother of all sea turtles.
	The Turtle and the Monkey Paul Galdone	*Turtle needs Monkey's help getting the banana tree out of the river, but she's sorry later when greedy Monkey demands more than his share of the fruit. A Philippine tale.
	The Turtle And The Moon Charles Turner	A luminously illustrated tale about a wistful, lonely turtle who comes to fall in love with the moon's reflection, mysterious and playful in the waters of the pond.
	The Turtle Who Lost His Shell Paul Levy	When Little Bunny needs a place to hide his carrots, Little Turtle is happy to share his shell. But he forgets to get it back, and it is then that Little Turtle learns why his shell is so special.
	What Newt Could Do for Turtle Jonathan London	Spring has come to the swamp. Newt wakes from his winter's nap and his dearest friend Turtle pulls him out of the mud. Newt spends the summer trying to find a way to repay his friend.
	The Year Of The Turtle: A Natural History David M. Carroll	Mr. Carroll leads us through the yearly life cycle of freshwater turtles and introduces us to the flora and fauna that inhabit the same areas.
	Yertle The Turtle & Other Stories Dr. Seuss	A story about a king turtle who wanted to get as high as he could.
	Yummers! James Marshall	A funny tale of temptation and good intentions.