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Rodney was a tortoise

"A touching picture book about the friendship between a girl and her pet tortoise, and the aftermath of the tortoise's passing."--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Forler, Nan (Author)
Other Authors:	Kang, Yong Ling (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : Tundra Books, 2022.
Subjects:	Turtles > Juvenile fiction. Turtles as pets > Juvenile fiction. Pets > Death > Juvenile fiction. Loss (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	"A touching picture book about the friendship between a girl and her pet tortoise, and the aftermath of the tortoise's passing."--
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm. Issued also in electronic format.
ISBN:	9780735266629 073526662X
Author Notes:	NAN FORLER is a writer and a teacher who lives in a house overflowing with music and books. She likes to write stories at an old wooden table in her kitchen, and some of those stories are made into books, such as Winterberries and Apple Blossoms , Bird Child and Trampoline Boy . Nan shares her home with her husband, her two children and a yorkie-poo named Alice. Nan is also the aunt of an ancient tortoise named Gus, who appears to have spent his entire life chewing on a single piece of lettuce. YONG LING KANG is a freelance illustrator raised in Singapore and currently living in Toronto. She has worked in animation studios and a publishing company and has illustrated picture books including William's Getaway , Tanna's Owl and This House Is Home .