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Franklin's bedtime ritual is disrupted when he can't find his favorite, old blanket.

When he sees how much a bowl of turtle soup costs, a cowboy comes up with an unusual plan to earn a fortune.

When Emma's box turtle digs his way out of his pen, he imagines that he is having adventures in Africa, India, and other faraway lands that Emma has described to him.

This updated rematch of the fabled race between the tortoise and the hare takes the duo around the world. Includes information about the different locations visited.

Mrs. Tortoise feels bad about the way that she looks, so her best friend Birdie tries to cheer her up.

A clever little turtle thinks of a way she and the other turtle hatchlings can safely make their way to the sea.

Holly must solve the puzzle of an old legend if she and the other mermaids are to stop the toxic waste leaking from a wrecked ship, threatening a family of turtles living nearby, and get back to their vital mission for Queen Neptuna.

Ernie and his aides tag sea turtles as they come onto the beach to lay eggs. Similar fictional vignettes combined with factual information focus on the behavior and endangered situation of the sea turtle.

"Join Billy, a young sea turtle living in a coral reef, as he makes new friends and discovers the underwater world. Billy has always been slower than his friends at swimming. Follow his story as he slowly discovers why." -- Page [4] of cover.