The Baby Turtle: This photographic non-fiction book tracks the life of a turtle. (Collins Big Cat) - Softcover

Belcher, Andy; Belcher, Angie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007186592 ISBN 13: 9780007186594

Publisher: Collins, 2007

Synopsis

This photographic non-fiction book tracks the life of a turtle. Initially meeting the mother, we stay with her eggs and follow a hatched baby turtle along the dangerous sands to the sea. A story of survival, the turtle returns to the beach to lay its own eggs.

This is a Band 03/Yellow book in the Collins Big Cat reading programme which offers varied sentence structure and natural language. This is a non-fiction recount with a flow-chart on pages 14 and 15 that provides an opportunity to recap and discuss the story. This book supports learning about science, life processes and living things, and humans and other animals. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery and quizzed for Accelerated Reader. For another story in this Collins Big Cat book band for guided reading, try Around the World (9780007186587) by James Carter.

About this title

Book Description:

This photographic non-fiction book tracks the life of a turtle.

Synopsis:

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical teaching notes are included at the back of each book. In this stunning non-fiction book, we follow the journey of a mother turtle, as she finds a safe place on the beach for her eggs, and the dramatic dash the newly-hatched baby turtles make to the sea. The text is illustrated by superb photographs, which capture one baby turtle's successful trip to the sea.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0007186592
• ISBN 13: 9780007186594
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 16