Felicia Macheske - Flying Flippers: Sea Turtle

Published in the United States of America by
Cherry Lake Publishing
Ann Arbor, Michigan
www.cherrylakepublishing.com

Content Adviser: Susan Heinrichs Gray
Reading Adviser: Marla Conn, ReadAbility, Inc.
Book Designer: Felicia Macheske

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Macheske, Felicia, author.
Flying flippers : sea turtle / Macheske, Felicia.
pages cm. (Guess what)
Summary: Young children are natural problem solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves ocean animals.
Guess What: Flying Flippers: Sea Turtle provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints. Using the
photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly written facts
give readers a deeper understanding of how the sea turtle lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an index, help
students locate information and learn new words Provided by publisher.
Audience: K to grade 3.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-63470-716-9 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-63470-746-6 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-63470-731-2 (pdf) ISBN 978-1-63470-761-9
(ebook)
1. Sea turtlesJuvenile literature. 2. Childrens questions and answers. I. Title.
QL666.C536M332 2016
597.928dc23
ISBN-13 978-1-68444-550-9 (ebook)2015026086

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Table of Contents

I can
see well
when I am
underwater.

I have
flippers
that help
me swim .

I dont have
any teeth in
my mouth .

I have a shell
that protects
my body .

I spend most
of my time in
the ocean .

But I still
need to come
up for air .

I hatched
from an
egg laid
in the sand.

Then I had
to run to
the ocean.

Do you know what I am?

Im a
Sea Turtle!

About Sea Turtles

There are seven species of sea turtles.

Unlike many land turtles, sea turtles
cannot tuck their heads inside their
shells.

Sea turtles are very good swimmers.
Their flippers are like paddles in the
water.

Many sea turtles migrate a long way
to find food and to breed .

Sea turtles lay their eggs on land.
Then they leave the eggs behind.

Glossary

breed (BREED) to join together and have babies

flippers (FLIP-urz) broad, flat body parts that sea
animals use for swimming

hatched (HACHD) broke out of an egg

migrate (MYE-grate) to move from one area to
another

species (SPEE-sheez) one of the groups into which
animals and plants are divided

Index

air,

body,
breeding,

eggs,

flippers,
food,

hatching,

migrating,
mouth,