Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius

Author Lynne Cox Illustrated by Richard Jones

Grades Pre-K-3 Ages 4-8

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.

Available Formats

Hardcover 9780593425688
Hardcover Library Binding 9780593425695
eBook 9780593425701
Unabridged Audiobook Download 9780593667187

State Awards

North Carolina

2024-2025, North Carolina Children’s Book Award , Nominee

Pennsylvania

2024-2025, Keystone To Reading Elementary Book Award, Nominee

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