Author(s): Rebecca Johnson

Children's

Turtle Tricks tells the tale of a clever little turtle who devises a plan to escape ever-present predators. The heroine is a flatback turtle that lives with her relatives in coastal waters of northern Australia. Adult flatback turtles are olive grey in colour, grow to about 1 m long and weigh about 80 kg. Females return to the beach where they hatched to lay their own eggs.