Hatchlings
Subtitle: the lives of baby turtles
By: by John F. Waters ; illustrated by Shirley Chan.
Contributors: Chan, Shirley.
Publisher: Walker
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Turtles -- Juvenile literature.; Turtles -- Infancy -- Juvenile literature.; Turtles.; Animals -- Infancy.
Description: Describes the first days in the lives of green, snapping, painted, leatherhook, and box turtles with emphasis on the basic ecological concept that, due to predators, only a few manage to grow up.