Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius

By Lynne Cox, Richard Jones (Illustrator)

A sea turtle embarks on a 23,000-mile journey to return home.

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40 pages

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Yoshi, a loggerhead sea turtle, embarks on an epic 23,000-mile journey across the ocean to return to her birthplace and lay her eggs. From her rescue by a fisherman to her rehabilitation, Yoshi's adventure is filled with peril and wonder. Will she overcome the challenges of the deep sea and find her way back home? Dive into this true story of resilience and instinct, where the stakes are as vast as the ocean itself.

From the publisher

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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