A mother turtle comes ashore to make a nest and lay her eggs.
■ Nonfiction recount
■ Third person pronouns, “she” carried through to page 8, then
“they” carried through to end.
■ Past tense
■ Strong sequence
■ Detailed writing about one part of a turtle’s life
■ Clear, detailed illustrations
■ First and last episodes begin with same prepositional phrase
■ Main character changes from mother to baby turtles