Turtles: Shelled Creatures of Land and Sea: Educational Version

By Caitlind L. Alexander

How does a turtle warm up?
How long can a turtle hibernate for?
Do turtles have teeth?
How many eggs can a sea turtle lay in a year?
How long can a turtle hole its breath underwater?
What happens to a box turtle if he eats too many strawberries?
Learn the answers to these questions, and more.

Find out what a turtle looks like, where it lives, what it eats, what eats it, how babies are born, and other fun facts.

All measurements in American and metric.

Educational Versions have CCSS activities.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Sep 22, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301313778

Caitlind L. Alexander

Caitlind Alexander is the author of over 60 books for children, including the Jamie and Kendall Broderick Mystery series, the 14 Fun Facts and 101 Fun Facts series, the Wonderful World of Animals Series, and the Miss Jones series.She lives in California where she loves to visit historic places and learn about new things. She also loves to travel and has been all over the world.

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TURTLES

SHELLED CREATURES OF LAND AND SEA

By Caitlind L. Alexander

A LearningIsland.com

15 - Minute Book

Editor: Jennifer Robinson

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(c) Copyright 2004 Caitlind L. Alexander. All rights reserved.

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Turtles: Shelled Creatures of Land and Sea / Caitlind L. Alexander

Summary: A brief look at the lives of turtles.

1. Turtles. Juvenile Literature. 2. Amphibians. Juvenile Literature.

Created in USA

Reading Level: 3.0

Words: 1982

Ages 7 and up.

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What is a Turtle?

How would you like to carry your bed around with you all day and night? Any time you wanted to you could tuck yourself in for a nap. That's what a turtle does.

A turtle is an animal that carries its house with it. Turtles have shells on the top and bottom of their bodies.

Turtles live inside their shell. They can tuck their legs, head and tail into their shell. They do this when they go to sleep and when they are scared.

A turtle's shell has patterns on it. Most shells are green, but some shells have red and yellow