Tudley Didn't Know.Tudley Didn't Know John Himmelman Sylvan sylvan emanating from or pertaining to woods. See also sylvatic. Dell Publishing 976 Houston Northcutt Boulevard, Suite 3, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 0976494361 $15.95 www.sylvandellpublishing.com 1-843-971-6722 Written and illustrated by John Himmelman, Tudley Didn't Know is a charming picturebook about a painted turtle painted turtle Species (Chrysemys picta, family Emydidae) of brightly marked North American turtle found from southern Canada to northern Mexico. It has a smooth shell, 4–7 in. who, in seeming defiance of the laws of physics, adopts the behaviors of other animals simply because he doesn't know that he can't. He hovers like a hummingbird hummingbird, common name for members of the family Trochilidae, small, strictly New World birds, related to the swifts, and found chiefly in the mountains of South America. Hummingbirds vary in size from a 2 1-4-in. and hops like a frog. But when he gets into trouble, trapped on his back atop a tall pile of rocks, only his special abilities as a turtle turtle, a reptile of the order Chelonia, with strong, beaked, toothless jaws and, usually, an armorlike shell. The shell normally consists of bony plates overlaid with horny shields. can help him--abilities that he doesn't know about either, until his new friends explain! A supplementary section of fun facts about the animals featured in Tudley Didn't Know and a simple craft project for creating a Tudley of one's own round out this happy-go-lucky story. |
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