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Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius

A True Story about an Amazing Swimmer
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Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius follows the incredible journey of Yoshi, a loggerhead sea turtle, who swims an astonishing 23,000 miles to return to the Australian beach where she hatched to lay her own eggs. Along the way, she faces oceanic dangers including sharks and seahorses, is rescued and rehabilitated, and ultimately achieves the longest recorded swim by any animal.
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Format: Hardback
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This heartwarming and exciting picture book is ideal for children fascinated by wildlife and nature, and for readers who enjoy true stories of remarkable animal journeys.

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"A picture book about a sea turtle named Yoshi who has traveled further than any other living animal"--

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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.

Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius is an inspiring testament to the incredible instincts and perseverance of the loggerhead turtle, brought to life through engaging storytelling and vivid illustrations.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593425688

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 January 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Anne Schwartz Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Richard Jones

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 289.0mm

Height: 238.0mm

Weight: 471g

Pages: 40

About the Author

Lynne Cox is a legendary long-distance open-water swimmer. She is the author of the children's book Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas, which received four starred reviews, as well as several books for adults, including South with the Sun and the New York Times bestsellers Grayson and Swimming to Antarctica. She is also a contributor to the New Yorker. Lynne has set world records for swimming, and in 2000 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Richard Jones is the illustrator of several picture books, including A Story for Small Bear, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and an Amazon Best Book of the Month. He also illustrated Whale in a Fishbowl, which recieved four starred reviews and was a Kirkus Reviews and New York Public Library Best Book of the Year. He is the author/illustrator of the picture books Perdu and Little Bear. Richard was nominated for the Ezra Jack Keats Award for New Illustrator in 2019.

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