Hawksbill promise : a sea turtle's journey
(Book)
Author
Published
Thomaston, ME : Tilbury House Publishers, 2019.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780884484301, 0884484300
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : illustrations (color) ; 29 cm.
Lexile measure
NC 930L
Status
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Published
Thomaston, ME : Tilbury House Publishers, 2019.
Language
English
ISBN
9780884484301, 0884484300
Lexile code
NC
Lexile measure
930
Notes
Description
"There is a deserted bay on a small island off Antigua where hawksbill turtles crawl ashore at night during the mating season to lay their eggs. Two months later the hatchlings--each weighing less than an ounce--emerge from the sand and scramble to the sea in the moonlight. Only a lucky few survive. Mary Beth Owens was inspired by her admiration and concern for these critically endangered animals to write and illustrate this beautiful book. The narrator--a craggy, ancient jumby tree that stands sentinel over the bay--observes a hawksbill's arrival by night, her arduous trek to excavate a nest and bury her eggs, her solitary return to the sea, and the later diaspora of her hatchlings. Spare prose complements pages saturated with Caribbean color or brooding in ghostly moonlight."--Amazon.com
Target Audience
NC930L,Lexile
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Bernards Township Library - Juvenile Fiction - Picture Books | E OWE | Located in Nature | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Owens, M. B. (2019). Hawksbill promise: a sea turtle's journey . Tilbury House Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Owens, Mary Beth. 2019. Hawksbill Promise: A Sea Turtle's Journey. Tilbury House Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Owens, Mary Beth. Hawksbill Promise: A Sea Turtle's Journey Tilbury House Publishers, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Owens, Mary Beth. Hawksbill Promise: A Sea Turtle's Journey Tilbury House Publishers, 2019.
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