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K-3See Them Grow series.
Each substantive text explains, step-by-step, how the titular animal develops from the time of fertilization to adulthood. Close-up photographs of embryos and developing young are especially illuminating. Turtle incorporates subject-specific vocabulary (scutes, yolk sac, etc.) with particular clarity, and both accessible books introduce the convention of image labeling. Additional facts about each animal are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these See Them Grow titles: Turtle and Frog.