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Run, Sea Turtle, Run: A Hatchling's Story

Stephen R. Swinburne

Illustrator: Guillaume Feuillet (photographer)

Ages: 6+

Published: 2020

Publisher: Millbrook Press/Lerner

ISBN: 978-1-5415-7812-8

Keywords: biological development, Marine environment, life cycle of sea turtle

Photographs depict the first months of the leatherback sea turtle, from hatching to its first swim in the ocean. Life cycle notes and actions for kids.