Where Should Turtle Be? (Arbordale Collection) - Hardcover

Ring, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934359890 ISBN 13: 9781934359891

Publisher: Arbordale Publishing, LLC, 2009

Synopsis

Little turtle was lost! Free from his egg, he climbed out into a big, beautiful new world. Lost and alone, he wondered--where did he really belong? The bear told him to live in the woods; the frog said, "The swamp!" But turtle just didn't feel at home. He needed help, but where could he turn? Author Susan Ring helps turtle in this whimsical story of self-exploration and nature, Where Should Turtle Be? Detailed illustrations by Laurie Allen Klein give these friendly animals personality, and in the end, an unexpected tickle and tumble help turtle find his place in his new world. The "For Creative Minds" educational section includes "Turtle Fun Facts" and "Match the Turtle to its Habitat." This fictional story includes a 3-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 34-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Where Should Turtle Be? is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension.

About this title

About the Authors

Susan Ring (Where Should Turtle Be?) is an Emmy-award winner and prolific writer, who specializes in writing for children, and through her creative services company, Monkey-Says, she writes for all types of media. Her experience in television and video includes creating characters and writing songs. Her song "Where's My Nose?" won third place in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition, competing against thousands of other songwriters worldwide. Although Where Should Turtle Be? (Spring 2009) is Susan's first Arbordale book, she has over 135 books to her name. Susan lives in Rhode Island. Visit Susan's company website: http: //susanring.weebly.com/

Laurie Allen Klein has been a freelance artist for nearly 25 years. Over the last several years, she has worked as the on-staff artist for a marine park, where she does everything from painting life-size sea animal murals to illustrating children's activity books. In addition to Saving Kate's Flowers, They Just Know, Laurie has illustrated The Ghost of Donley Farm, Fur and Feathers, Where Should Turtle Be?, Little Skink's Tail, Solar System Forecast, Meet the Planets, If a Dolphin Were a Fish and Balloon Trees for Arbordale. She was the winner of the Outstanding Pennsylvania Author/Illustrator Award from the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association in 2008 and is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Laurie lives in Florida. See more of her artwork at lauriekleinarts.com.

From the Back Cover

When tiny turtle breaks free of his shell, he's ready to set out for his new home. But when a wrong turn takes him off tack, how will he find where that home is?

Edition details

• Publisher: Arbordale Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934359890
• ISBN 13: 9781934359891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Klein Laurie Allen
• Number of pages: 32