TURTLES DID YOU KNOW THAT...

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1 MELISSA STEWART has written more than 150 books for oun readers, includin man award-winnin titles. The other books in her A PlACe For... series ma also be of interest to readers of A PlACe For TurTleS. She wrote these books because she wants children to understand how their choices and actions can have a direct impact on the creatures that share our world. When Melissa is not explorin natural areas near her home in eastern Massachusetts, she enjos visitin exotic habitats around the world. HIGGINS BOND received a BFA from the Memphis Collee of Art. Her artwork has been exhibited at the Metro politan Museum of Art, The Children s Museum of Indianapolis, and man other venues. She has produced illustrations for NBC television, The Nature Conservanc, and the Smithsonian Institution. Hiins Bond has also illustrated man children s books, includin the other titles in the A PlACe For... series. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Children s nonfiction / Nature Turtles have lived on earth for more than 220 million ears. Find out what we can do to make sure there is alwas Some turtles can onl live in sand desert areas? DID YOU KNOW THAT... In the past hundreds of thousands of loerhead turtles died each ear in fishin nets? ever ear people catch more than 20,000 box turtles to enter them in local races? ISBN 13: ISBN 10: $16.95 STEWART / BOND A PLACE FOR T U R T L E S W R I T T E N B Y M E L I S S A S T E W A R T I L L U S T R A T E D B Y H I G G I N S B O N D ISBN $16.95 Turtles make our world a better place. But sometimes people do thins that make it hard for them to live and row. IN SIMPLE et informative lanuae, A PLACE FOR introduces oun readers to was human action or inaction can affect turtle populations and opens kids minds to a wide rane of environmental issues. Describin various examples from the Alabama red-bellied turtle to the desert tortoise the text provides an intriuin look at turtles, the ecosstems that support their survival, and the efforts of some people to save them. In the back of the book, the author offers readers a list of thins the can do to help protect these special creatures in their own communities. Artist Hiins Bond s lorious full-color illustrations vividl and accuratel depict turtles and their surroundins. Printed and manufactured in Sinapore

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3 PRINTER.Place for turtles Interior :Butterflies interior 9/6/12 3:28 PM Pae 2 For Gerard M. S. For m precious turtledove, Annabella Patrcja Bond H. B. Published b PEACHTREE PUBLISHERS 1700 Chattahoochee Avenue Atlanta, Georia Text 2013 b Melissa Stewart Illustrations 2013 b Hiins Bond All rihts reserved. No part of this publication ma be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sstem, or transmitted in an form or b an means electronic, mechanical, photocop, recordin, or an other except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Book desin b Loraine M. Joner Composition b Maureen Withee Illustrations created in acrlic on cold press illustration board. Title tpeset in Hardlworthit; main text tpeset in Monotpe s Centur Schoolbook with Optima initial capitals. Sidebars tpeset in Optima. Written b Written b Melissa Stewart Illustrated b Hiins Bond Printed and manufactured in Sinapore First Edition ISBN 13: ISBN 10: Catalouin-in-Publication data for this title is available throuh the Librar of Conress.

4 PRINTER.Place for turtles Interior :Butterflies interior 9/6/12 3:28 PM Pae 4 T urtles make our world a better place. But sometimes people do thins that make it hard for them to live and row. If we work toether to help these special creatures, there will alwas be a place for turtles. A Look AT TurTLes Turtles are closel related to snakes, lizards, and crocodiles. The all belon to a roup of animals called reptiles. some turtles spend most of their lives on land. other turtles live in lakes, rivers, or the ocean. But all turtles hatch from touh leather es laid on land. Newl hatched turtles are tin. except for their size, the look just like their parents. spotted turtle

5 PRINTER.Place for turtles Interior :Butterflies interior 9/6/12 3:28 PM Pae 6 L ike all livin thins, turtles need safe places to raise their oun. Some turtles have trouble buildin nests when new kinds of plants When people find was to control the new plants, turtles can live and row. spread into their home habitat. Bo TurTLe Because purple loosestrife has prett purple flowers and can be used as a medicine, european settlers brouht it to North America. But when thick clusters of loosestrife bean rowin in wetlands, bo turtles couldn t find sunn spots for their nests. In 1997, people started usin beetles to control the loosestrife. Now bo turtles have man more ood places to build their nests.