Box Turtle at Long Pond

Box Turtle at Long Pond
ISBN-10
0688081843
ISBN-13
9780688081843
Category
Juvenile Fiction
Pages
32
Language
English
Published
1989-09-28
Publisher
Harper Collins
Author
William T. George

Description

"A day in the life of a box turtle is rendered carefully in words and lifelike illustrations with a text that respects its subject....Superior."--School Library Journal. "Will delight the young viewer. An excellent introduction to pond ecology, and a strikingly beautiful book."--Kirkus Reviews. It is dawn at Long Pond. Box Turtle's red eyes look out from his shelter within a crumbling tree, and his day begins ... In Beaver at Long Pond, the Georges introduced the pond and its resident. In this lyrical, magnificently painted companion book, they insure its place as a favorite spot on every child's itinerary.

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