La Tortuga: A Mexican Folktale

by Elizabeth Lane, Jeff McKellar (Illustrator)

La Tortuga lives in a hole under a big acacia tree. She loves to dance and play her flute, but what happens when the village children want her to come out?

20 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Evie · Rating 3 out of 5]

She's a pretty gracious old turtle, playing her flute still for the very kids who wanted to eat her. I tend not to gravitate to books where the children are obviously terrible, but, if you are doing a lesson on different cultures' folktales, this might be a good choice.

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a new one for me and we talked about how we thought turtle soup might taste.

[Eli Poteet · Rating 3 out of 5]

The kids wanted to turn her into turtle soup... What wild beast children! I love the idea of an old dancing flute playing grape loving Mexican turtle.