On Kiki’s Reef

By Carol L. Malnor, illustrated by Trina L. Hunner. A tiny baby sea turtle scrambles across the sandy beach and into the sea. Floating far out in the ocean, Kiki is becoming a gentle giant. She swims to shallower water where a rainbow of corals puts on a show. Kiki adopts the busy coral reef as her new home and discovers fish of all sizes and lots of surprises! There’s lots of teamwork going on too, including a gang of tangs that clean up the algae growing on her shell. But something calls her back to the beach . . . and the cycle of life continues. The book also offers a concise beginner’s guide to sea turtles and coral reefs, plus a variety of “teaching treasures” for further learning. David Godfrey, the Executive Director of Sea Turtle Conservancy, is quoted on the back cover.