SuitabookTracks in the Sand
Loreen Leedy
- Reading
- Read together and trace the life cycle as it unfolds; pause at the endangered-species material to explore the turtle’s plight.
- Themes
- Loggerhead life cycle: Eggs laid in sand hatch into tiny turtles, which grow large enough to lay eggs themselves. The book presents a life-cycle sequence as an introduction to science concepts.
- Worth knowing
- The loggerhead is presented as endangered, making its conservation plight part of the book’s subject.