The reptiles themselves are only characters in the greater story - the themes of are of change, of friendship, of life. And Still the Turtle Watched Sheila MacGill-Callahan. 1991. A tale of the flowing of time, of seeing and believing, of carelessness and redemption. John Norris Wood. Ideals Children's Books.
Life is choices, good ones and bad ones.
On lucky days, we make the right ones and live another day to try again. Just A Dream Chris Van Allsburg. Houghton Mifflin Company. The future can be changed by what we choose to do, and not do, today. Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back Joseph Bruchac and Jonathon London.