Reviews for Sturdy Turtles

The average rating for Sturdy Turtles based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-06-08 00:00:00 Barry Chin "Fly fishing for trout has always been more of a tradition than a sport. In A Fly Fisherman's Blue Ridge, a fly fisherman intimately familiar with the small, headwater trout streams in the Blue Ridge Mountains narrates the course of a year's fishing. In eleven linked essays, Christopher Camuto closely observes the life within and around the mountain streams tucked into the gentle folds of Virginia's and north Carolina's highlands, where native book, wild brown, and rainbow trout still thrive in protected enclaves. From central Pennsylvania to north George, Camuto's fly fishing year is surrounded by the diversity of life in the Southern Appalachians, the stunning flora and fauna that draw the fisherman's attention deeper into the nature of the watersheds. "As he fishes the freestone trout waters with one eye on the enduring beauty of the seasons and the other on the changing land, the author weaves into his chronicle of the angler's year an imaginative sensitivity to the history of the Blue Ridge as well as a informed awareness of the environmental problems that affect its future. In place of the pristine landscape described by explorer William Byrd II and botanists John and William Bartram in the eighteenth century, Camuto encounters the legacy of the nineteenth century's disregard for natural resources and the unsettling reality of current land-use practices. His pursuit of wild trout leads him to confront the slender dimensions of the eastern wilderness, the problem of public lands management, and the damaging ecological effects of acid rain, which threatens what remains of wild trout habitat in the Blue Ridge. Writing in the tradition of Roderick Haig-Brown, Camuto sets both the trout he pursues and fly fishing in the context of a natural world as fragile as it is beautiful and provides the reader with a new understanding of each." ~~front & back flaps I'm not a fisherman, let alone a fly fisherman. But I didn't read this book for descriptions of various catches the author made. For me at least, the power of this book was the wonderful lyric descriptions of the hills and streams all through the year -- paeans to the beauty of the woods and streams, the fish and the animals. It's a book to read slowly and savor, and to cherish. Written in 1990, the mind pauses and the heart breaks to think of how much further damage has been done in the following 30 years. Are there any more streams that flow bright and clear, home to trout, bass and dace?

Review # 2 was written on 2017-04-01 00:00:00 Mary M. Ruprecht "Read this book and become an expert on turtles!" This is a wonderful little book about turtles. I volunteer at a nature museum and we use this book as part of our programming. Even though it's just shy of 30 pages, it's full of facts about turtles in easily digestible sentences. It starts off by describing the shell and continues by showing off turtle behaviors and different types of turtles. Even though it's clearly a children's book, I was able to learn a bunch about turtles. I definitely recommend this book if you're looking for a science book for children.