Yoshi, sea turtle genius : a true story about an amazing swimmer
Cox, Lynne, 1957-2023
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In this picture book that is both heartwarming and exciting, join Yoshi, a sea turtle, on her remarkable journey as she swims farther than any animal in recorded history--23,000 miles!--to return to the beach where she first hatched, to lay her own eggs.Inside every loggerhead turtle is genius- the ability to find their first home, no matter how far away. Follow one, from her birth on a beach in Australia...to her trip across an ocean filled with sharks and seahorses and much more...to her rescue from a net by a fisherman, who names her Yoshi...to her rehabilitation at an aquarium...to her record-breaking swim across the Indian Ocean to the beach on which she hatched, to lay her eggs.
Main title:
Yoshi, sea turtle genius : a true story about an amazing swimmer / by Lynne Cox ; illustrated by Richard Jones.
Author:
Cox, Lynne, 1957-, authorJones, Richard, 1977-, illustrator
Imprint:
New York : Anne Schwartz Books, 202.©2023.
Collation:
40 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Audience:
Preschool
ISBN:
9780593425688 (hardback)
Language:
English
BRN:
415059
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