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Evocative collage illustrations depict a number of forest creatures that startle ten Eastern Painted turtles, one by one, in this reverse counting book. Often alliterative, the rhymed text introduces the critters sharing the turtles' woodland environment: bullfrogs, deer, polliwogs, butterflies, and others. A leaf print art activity extends the possibilities of the concept book. Glos.