Turtle Moon

As all the adult female turtles go off to lay their eggs, Tobias is left to turtle sit all the young ones. When they start asking questions about where their mothers are going and what they are doing, Tobias has lots of questions to answer, and some of the answers are shocking to the little ones. Donna Riley lives in Eastern North Carolina, where she kayaks and fishes and spends most of time outdoors. Most of her ideas for books, come from creatures she encounters on her journeys. She originally hails from Maryland but now makes NC her forever home. She is the mother of three daughters, and six grandchildren and one great grandchild. keywords: Turtles, rivers, nature, Tobias, eggs, birds, skunks, hatchlings, dragonfly, teaching