Slow Poke

by Elaine Kaye

Slow Poke is the slowest turtle. He's slow for everything. One day, a little boy needs him to be fast. Slow Poke doesn't want to disappoint Tommy, but can he be fast? Can he win a race?

Elaine Kaye has given the classic story The Tortoise and the Hare a modern take with two turtles racing against each other. Slow Poke gives a sweet look into the friendship a child can have with a turtle, or any animal, and celebrates positive thinking. If you believe you can do something, you will!

A Note about the Cover Art and Interior Photography: Elaine Kaye's grandsons drew the turtles on the front and back covers. And the photography inside Slow Poke are real photos, with a little animated effect, of her grandsons and their turtles.

28 pages, Paperback

Published September 4, 2017

About the author

Elaine Kaye is the author of A Gregory Green Adventure Series, featuring Pea Soup Disaster, Doctor Mom, Halloween Ride, and The Missing Alphabet.

She has worked as a library assistant and teacher's assistant in elementary schools in the Sunshine State. She currently lives in Florida, but she has called Michigan; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Okinawa, Japan home.

She is a grandmother to three boys.