Books are a wonderful way to educate adults and children about turtles.
Below are some of our favorites.
Children's Books
Box Turtles, North Carolina State Reptile
Box Turtle at Silver Pond Lane, Susan Korman, Smithsonian's Backyard - Story about a female box turtle, excellent natural history
Box Turtle at Long Pond, William T. George, Greenwillow Books - Excellent natural history of a male box turtle
Old Turtle, Douglas Wood, Pfeifer-Hamilton Books - Fable about the relationship of all beings
Old Turtle and the Broken Truth, Douglas Wood, Scholastic Press - Story of love, acceptance, and the nature of truth
And Still the Turtle Watched, Sheila MacGill-Callahan, Puffin Books - True story chronicling Native Americans and natural history, through the eyes of a turtle carving
The Turtle Saver, Laurie Parker, Quail Ridge Press - A lyrical story about cause and effect
Little Turtle and the Song of the Sea, Sheridan Cain, Crocodile Books - Story of a sea turtle overcoming dangers
Interrupted Journey - Saving Endangered Sea Turtles, Katherine Lasky, Candlewick Press - Story of a young sea turtle. For older children, 10+
Year of the Turtle - A Natural History, David Carroll, Camden House Publishing, Inc. - Secret world of fresh water turtles, with a scientific background
Time of the Turtle, Jack Rudloe - Excellent series of non-fiction stories for the adolescent-adult reader
Other Books
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia, Bernard Marof et al., University of North Carolina Press
North American Box Turtles - A Natural History, C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr., University of Oklahoma Press