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In this Franklin Classic Storybook, our hero deals with stage fright!

Mariana the sea turtle and her fellow hatchlings have an adventure on their first trip to the ocean. This translation of the unique Fact & Fiction Animal Tales series provides fluent Spanish readers with a variety of genre and text structures to compare and contrast nonfiction and fiction in one book. The first part is a creative side-by-side format that develops multiple reading comprehension strategies and increases Spanish fluency. The useful Speed...

Unmoved by his friends' attempts draw him out with singing classes and snowball fights, Tortoise tries to settle down for his annual winter nap and instead stumbles into a wonderfully icy experience.

On the first day of school, Franklin is a little nervous, but his teacher, Mr. Owl, knows just what to do.

"The foolish tortoise wants to move faster, so he decides to leave his heavy shell behind. But then he's too scared to walk anywhere! After some scary encounters, he retraces his steps, climbs back into his home, and bids the world a cheerful 'Good night'. Read along with the enclosed compact disc that contains a charming narration of this classic story!"--Page [4] of cover.

When Kito, Chester, and Schmitty accompany their owners to Mexico for a vacation, they discover that someone is destroying sea turtle nests on the beach.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are attacked by a space shark and hostile robots while traveling aboard a spaceship.

"Terrance the turtle was born without a shell, so he uses a cardboard box instead. Terrance loves his box. It keeps him dry on soggy days, safe from snooping strangers, and is big enough to cozy up with a friend. But when another turtle points out that Terrance's shell is, well, weird, he begins to wonder whether there might be a better shell out there..."-- Publisher marketing.

Spending the summer with his grandmother on South Carolina's Dewees Island, eleven-year-old Jake finds two friends who are also struggling with family issues and together they try to save a sea turtle nest from predators.

Mossy, a turtle with a garden growing on her shell, is taken from her home and new friend to become an exhibit in a museum, until the director's niece, Tory, notices how sad Mossy is and helps arrange for her to go home.