Turtle Spring; Author: Zagwyn, Deborah Turney; Paperback

Author: Zagwyn, Deborah Turney
Paperback; Colour Illustrations
32 pages
Published: May 1998
Tricycle Press
ISBN: 1883672538

A gentle story that teaches children about hibernation. After Clee's baby brother is born, she gets her very own pet turtle to care for. But one day when the weather turns chilly, she finds her turtle cold and still. She sadly buries it in the compost heap where it had taken shelter--and is very surprised when spring reawakens the earth and its hibernating denizens. Full color. Size D. 32 pp.When Clee's baby brother is born, she gets her own pet turtle to care for. She keeps it tucked away in the garden, until the day the weather turns frosty and Clee thinks her turtle has died. Sadly, she buries her pet in the compost heap, expecting never to see it again. But then spring comes ...