Tortoises: A Beginner's Guide to Tortoise Care

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Goodnight Little Turtle– This rhyming bedtime story, with cute, brightly-colored pictures, is sure to capture kids attention and help them get calm before bed.

Austin, J. J.; Nicholas Arnold, E. (2001). "Ancient mitochondrial DNA and morphology elucidate an extinct island radiation of Indian Ocean giant tortoises (Cylindraspis)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 268 (1485): 2515–23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1825. PMC 1088909. PMID 11749704. The Adventure of Thomas the Turtle– Far from home, he is determined to reunite with this family, and finally with the help of two children he succeeds.Ernst, C. H.; Barbour, R. W. (1989). Turtles of the World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 9780874744149.

Sea Turtles by Gail Gibbons is an entertaining non-fiction book. Kids learn about a number of different types of sea turtles along with fun facts about their diet, habitat and size. Includes information about the green sea turtle so kids can learn more about Gertrude when they visit SeaLife. Great book for kids ages 4 – 9 years old. Thomas and the Tiger-Turtle– When Thomas finds a talking turtle in his yard, he’s amazed and surprised, especially when the turtle insists, “I’m not a turtle. I’m a tiger!” After a visit to the zoo and a fun chase, the turtle–or is it a tiger?–discovers an important truth and makes a fast friend. Gray, John Edward (1834). "Characters of several new species of freshwater tortoises (Emys) from India and China". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 2: 53–54.Tortoises are found from southern North America to southern South America, around the Mediterranean basin, across Eurasia to Southeast Asia, in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and some Pacific islands. They are absent from Australasia. They live in diverse habitats, including deserts, arid grasslands, and scrub to wet evergreen forests, and from sea level to mountains. Most species, however, occupy semiarid habitats. Zora, Anna; Gerlach, Justin (2021-08-23). "Giant tortoises hunt and consume birds". Current Biology. 31 (16): R989–R990. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.088. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 34428417.