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The Long Legged Turtle

Mama turtle knows it's time, so she makes her way back to the beach where she was hatched to lay one hundred soft-shelled eggs. With love and care, Mama turtle covers her little pit, and two long months later, her babies emerge. Ninety-nine little sea turtles flip-flop their way down the beach and into the ocean, but one does not. The last baby turtle is different-special. He doesn't have flippers like his brothers and sisters. Instead, he has four long legs. The others call him Long Legs.


Long Legs loves swimming and splashing in the ocean with his brothers and sisters, but he's drawn to the land as well. His travels on those long legs of his take him to wonderful places where he meets others who are as special as he is. Share in the fun as you follow Long Legs and his wild adventures. He inspires love and finds acceptance despite his obvious differences throughout his many unique adventures both on land and at sea. 

 My characters in this book were my five youngest grandchildren! I thought you might like to see what they looked like when I wrote this book :)


These are the 2 cute little bunnies, Brooke and Lauren. It was the first time they saw the book and we were reading it together!

These are Jon and Jimmy with Long Legs and their magical glasses! They love adventure!

Book Reviews

"My grandson absolutely loved this book. The story is such a great story. For children to be able to understand and embrace that everyone is different is wonderful. My grandson is delayed with his speech and this is a story he will be able to relate to. The cover is adorable. He kept just saying Look, Look, Look!!!"

"Long Legs is a special turtle, different than his siblings. How wonderful to see these differences celebrated! Any child reading this story will have their imagination sparked & expanded. Long Legs' sense of adventure is contagious! The happy, "life is good" feel of the story lingers long after reading the last small chapter. I see how it leads to imaginative play in addition to enjoying a great, feel good story!"

"What a wonderful book!  A true feel-good story with very lovable characters.  The illustrations are also quite inspired.

Thank you so much for all your help.  I loved the lovable characters:)"

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