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
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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