Other editions of book Turtle Summer: A Journal for my Daughter

This is a companion audiobook to Mary Alice Monroe's novel Swimming Lessons, the sequel to The Beach House. In the novel, listeners witness a young mother, Toy, writing a journal for her daughter, Little Lovie. This is the journal Toy is writing. This journal explains the nesting cycle of sea turtles and the natural life along the Southeastern coast, including local shore birds, shells, and the sea turtle hospital. Adults and children will enjoy the information and the journal with or without the novel. The "For Creative Minds" educational section includes turtle nesting facts, a shell identification activity, and a make-your-own nature journal.

This heart-warming journal shares the joys of a mother and daughter s special bond and their summer together as Turtle Team volunteers. Photographs blend with art and prose to bring to life this loving story of their time together protecting endangered loggerhead sea turtles. Join mother and daughter as they patrol the beaches searching for sea turtle nests, and then stand with them under starry skies as they protect the eggs and young hatchlings. Turtle Summer is the journal described in Swimming Lessons, the sequel to Mary Alice Monroe s New York Times bestselling novel, The Beach House.ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book AwardBank Street 2008 Best Children's Books of the Year2008 and 2009 Florida Recommended Summer Reading ListIRA CBC Children's Choices Selection for 2008 '08 Science Books & Films Prize Finalist'07 Green Earth Award Finalist.5-pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back62-pg cross-curricular Teaching Activities and 3 Interactive Quizzes available free on the book's homepageeBooks with Auto-Flip, Auto-Read and selectable English and Spanish text and audioAligned to State Standards / Lexile, Guided Reading, AR, Reading Counts, and Fountas & Pinnell

This heart-warming journal shares the joys of a mother and daughter’s special bond and their summer together as Turtle Team volunteers. Photographs blend with art and prose to bring to life this loving story of their time together protecting endangered loggerhead sea turtles. Join mother and daughter as they patrol the beaches searching for sea turtle nests, and then stand with them under starry skies as they protect the eggs and young hatchlings. Turtle Summer is the journal described in Swimming Lessons, the sequel to Mary Alice Monroe’s New York Times bestselling novel, The Beach House. 2007 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award IRA-CBC Children’s Choices Selection for 2008, Science Books & Films 2008 Excellent Science Book Prize finalist, Shortlist finalist for The Green Earth Book Award and on recommended reading list, Bank Street 2008 “Best Children’s Books of the Year” selection, Kiawah Resort’s KIAWAH READS summer selection, 2008 Florida Recommended Summer Reading List, 2009 Everglades Reading List, 2009 South Carolina Reads Suggested Reading List Reviewed by: The American Biology Teacher, School Library Journal, NSTA Recommends, The Midwest Book Review, Science Books and Films, Georgia Library Quarterly, Baker & Taylor The Cat’s Meow, The Horn Book Guide4-6 pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back40-60 pg cross-curricular Teaching Activities and 3 Interactive Quizzes available free on the book’s homepageeBooks with Auto-Flip, Auto-Read and selectable English and Spanish text and audio

This is a companion book to Mary Alice Monroe's adult novel, Swimming Lessons, (Mira), the sequel to The Beach House. In the novel, the readers witness a young mother, Toy, writing a journal for her daughter, Little Lovie. Turtle Summer: A Journal for my Daughter is the journal Toy is writing. Using original photographs, this scrapbook journal explains the nesting cycle of sea turtles and the natural life along the southeastern coast, including local shore birds, shells, and the sea turtle hospital. Adults and children will enjoy the images, information and journal with or without the novel.

This is a companion book to Mary Alice Monroe s novel, Swimming Lessons, the sequel to The Beach House. In the novel, the readers witness a young mother, Toy, writing a journal for her daughter, Little Lovie. This is the journal Toy is writing. Using original photographs, this scrapbook journal explains the nesting cycle of sea turtles and the natural life along the southeastern coast, including local shore birds, shells, and the sea turtle hospital. Adults and children will enjoy the images, information and the journal with or without the novel.