Everyone loves turtles. And it's no wonder: these shelled reptiles, long-lived, slow, and ancient, are fascinating.

Turtles are also infinitely surprising. There are turtles with soft shells, turtles with bulging eyes, turtles with necks longer than their bodies, and turtles whose shells glow in the dark!

And every turtle, of each of the more than 300 species, is an individual. You will 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 over 7,000 followers on Facebook.

What questions would you ask a turtle? You'll find many of the answers in this magnificent compendium, and perhaps be inspired to help at a time when these reptiles, which evolved at the same time as dinosaurs, face the deadliest dangers of their more than 380 million-year history.

Topics: Animals, turtles, nature, reptiles, environmental protection.
Author: Sy Montgomery , illustrated by Matt Patterson
Pages: 40 pages
Recommended age: 4 to 8 years.