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Turtles Books
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We Found a Hat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.29 — 9,116 ratings — published 2016
Turtle Walk: A Joyful Picture Book About Turtles and the Four Seasons for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 23 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.77 — 653 ratings — published 2020
Alfie (The Turtle That Disappeared)
by (shelved 18 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,188 ratings — published 2017
Turtle and Tortoise Are Not Friends: A Funny Picture Book About Opposites Learning Friendship for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 17 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.80 — 465 ratings — published 2019
Turtle Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.64 — 465 ratings — published 2014
Turtle Wish (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.50 — 167 ratings — published 2013
Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.09 — 536 ratings — published
The Box Turtle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,090 ratings — published 2020
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.15 — 36,249 ratings — published 1958
Melvin and the Boy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.78 — 353 ratings — published 2011
Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.23 — 965 ratings — published 2016
Turtle Splash!: Countdown at the Pond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.79 — 448 ratings — published 2001
Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,449 ratings — published 2023
Giraffe Problems (Animal Problems)
by (shelved 8 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,101 ratings — published 2018
Hi, Harry! (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.72 — 181 ratings — published 2003
A Loud Winter's Nap (Fiction Picture Books)
by (shelved 7 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,153 ratings — published 2017
Esio Trot (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.73 — 48,445 ratings — published 1990
One Tiny Turtle (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.15 — 874 ratings — published 2001
Turtle's Penguin Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.86 — 479 ratings — published 2008
So Tortoise Dug (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.98 — 319 ratings — published 2025
Memoirs of a Tortoise (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.39 — 616 ratings — published
Emma's Turtle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.86 — 242 ratings — published 2007
Nellie's Big Splash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.91 — 275 ratings — published
I Am Stuck: A Humorous Picture Book About Turtle, Friendship, and Emotions for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.37 — 620 ratings — published 2023
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.40 — 17,064 ratings — published 2022
Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius: A True Story about an Amazing Swimmer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.34 — 319 ratings — published 2023
Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.26 — 370 ratings — published
How Old Is Mr. Tortoise? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.97 — 405 ratings — published
A Mouthful of Minnows: A Humorous Picture Book About Patience and Friendship for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.26 — 306 ratings — published
The Rock from the Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,075 ratings — published 2021
Ducks Run Amok! (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.86 — 251 ratings — published
Where's My Turtle? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.47 — 139 ratings — published
Croc & Turtle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.81 — 293 ratings — published 2019
The Town of Turtle: A Heartwarming Story About Community, Diversity, and Welcoming Everyone for Children (Ages 4-7)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.63 — 273 ratings — published 2018
Always Remember (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.34 — 522 ratings — published 2016
Hare and Tortoise: (A Whimsical Retelling of the Classic Fable Emphasizing Perseverance, Patience, and Determination - Retold for Ages 2-5)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.81 — 388 ratings — published 2016
Who Wants a Tortoise? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.80 — 428 ratings — published 2016
Have You Seen Elephant? (Gecko Press Titles)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,553 ratings — published 2015
Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,501 ratings — published 2006
The Beach House (Beach House, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.22 — 30,715 ratings — published 2002
Hip & Hop, Don't Stop! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.89 — 282 ratings — published 2010
Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.27 — 946 ratings — published 2006
The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.48 — 165 ratings — published
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear (Wayward Children, #10)
by (shelved 4 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.01 — 9,529 ratings — published 2025
The Book of Turtles: A Fact-Filled Picture Book About Beloved Reptile Species for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 4 times as turtles)
avg rating 4.49 — 390 ratings — published 2023
The Fastest Tortoise in Town (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.96 — 272 ratings — published
Is This Your Class Pet? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as turtles)
avg rating 3.92 — 292 ratings — published
“All stories are incomplete. Yet in order to construct a viable identity for myself and give meaning to my life, I don’t really need a complete story devoid of blind spots and internal contradictions. To give meaning to my life, a story needs to satisfy just two conditions: first, it must give me some role to play. A New Guinean tribesman is unlikely to believe in Zionism or in Serbian nationalism, because these stories don’t care at all about New Guinea and its people. Like movie stars, humans like only those scripts that reserve an important role for them.
Second, whereas a good story need not extend to infinity, it must extend beyond my horizons. The story provides me with an identity and gives meaning to my life by embedding me within something bigger than myself. But there is always a danger that I might start wondering what gives meaning to that ‘something bigger’. If the meaning of my life is to help the proletariat or the Polish nation, what exactly gives meaning to the proletariat or to the Polish nation? There is a story of a man who claimed that the world is kept in place by resting on the back of a huge elephant. When asked what the elephant stands on, he replied “that it stands on the back of a large turtle. And the turtle? On the back of an even bigger turtle. And that bigger turtle? The man snapped and said: ‘Don’t bother about it. From there onwards it’s turtles all the way down.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Second, whereas a good story need not extend to infinity, it must extend beyond my horizons. The story provides me with an identity and gives meaning to my life by embedding me within something bigger than myself. But there is always a danger that I might start wondering what gives meaning to that ‘something bigger’. If the meaning of my life is to help the proletariat or the Polish nation, what exactly gives meaning to the proletariat or to the Polish nation? There is a story of a man who claimed that the world is kept in place by resting on the back of a huge elephant. When asked what the elephant stands on, he replied “that it stands on the back of a large turtle. And the turtle? On the back of an even bigger turtle. And that bigger turtle? The man snapped and said: ‘Don’t bother about it. From there onwards it’s turtles all the way down.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“People have been on earth in our present form for only about 100,000 years, and in so many ways we’re still ironing out our kinks. These turtles we’ve been traveling with, they outrank us in longevity, having earned three more zeros than we. They’ve got one hundred million years of success on their resume, and they’ve learned something about how to survive in the world. And this, I think, is part of it: they have settled upon peaceful career paths, with a stable rhythm. If humans could survive another one hundred million years, I expect we would no longer find ourselves riding bulls. It’s not so much that I think animals have rights; it’s more that I believe humans have hearts and minds- though I’ve yet to see consistent, convincing proof of either. Turtles may seem to lack sense, but they don’t do senseless things. They’re not terribly energetic, yet they do not waste energy… turtles cannot consider what might happen yet nothing turtles do threatens anyone’s future. Turtles don’t think about the next generation, but they risk and provide all they can to ensure that there will be one. Meanwhile, we profess to love our own offspring above all else, yet above all else it is they from whom we daily steal. We cannot learn to be more like turtles, but from turtles we could learn to be more human. That is the wisdom carried within one hundred million years of survival. What turtles could learn from us, I can’t quite imagine.”
― Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur
― Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur
