Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius: A True Story about an Amazing Swimmer
by Lynne Cox (Author) Richard Jones (Illustrator)
In this picture book that is both heartwarming and exciting, join Yoshi, a sea turtle, on her remarkable journey as she swims farther than any animal in recorded history--23,000 miles!--to return to the beach where she first hatched, to lay her own eggs.
Inside every loggerhead turtle is genius: the ability to find their first home, no matter how far away. Follow one, from her birth on a beach in Australia...to her trip across an ocean filled with sharks and seahorses and much more...to her rescue from a net by a fisherman, who names her Yoshi...to her rehabilitation at an aquarium...to her record-breaking swim across the Indian Ocean to the beach on which she hatched, to lay her eggs.
Written by Lynne Cox, also a record-breaking swimmer, here is the true story of a sea turtle who swam the longest distance of any animal in recorded history.
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Long-distance swimmer Cox presents this fictionalized story that follows Yoshi, the loggerhead turtle who spent 20 years in a South African aquarium before swimming nearly 23,000 miles back to her native Australia. A straightforward narrative couches playful, lyrical text that details Yoshi's hatching, reports on physical changes over time ("She was just the size of a smile"), and lists myriad creatures she likely encountered on land and sea ("a whale shark as big as a school bus"). Lines that visualize the journey ("Her body glowed in a blanket of sparkling water") complement Jones's delicately textured, digitally edited paintings, which portray sea life in muted hues and envision Yoshi's diminutive form against a wide-open ocean. Several light-infused night scenes bestow a calming ambiance upon a succinctly told story that's satisfying in its full-circle itinerary and its appreciation of the sea turtle's innate "genius." Human characters are portrayed with various skin tones. An author's note, archival photo of Yoshi, and map conclude. Ages 4-8. (Jan.)
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JNF003360 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Turtles
Loggerhead turtle
