# The Box Turtle

**Author:** Vanessa Roeder
**Grade range:** Grades K–3
**Age range:** 5–8
**First published:** 2020
**Page count:** 21
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780735230507`
**ISBN-10:** `0735230501`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-box-turtle
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

An irresistibly cute story about finding the confidence to be yourself, starring a turtle in search of the perfect shell. Terrance the turtle was born without a shell, so he uses a cardboard box instead. Terrance loves his box. It keeps him dry on soggy days, safe from snooping strangers, and is big enough to cozy up with a friend. But when another turtle points out that Terrance's shell is, well, weird, he begins to wonder whether there might be a better shell out there...

## Where this book is assigned

### Nebraska Golden Sower Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · Nebraska — [source: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 2023 winner (Picture Book)](https://nlc.nebraska.gov/Youth/GoldenSowerPastWinnersandNominees.pdf)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · Nebraska — [source: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 2023 winner (Picture Book)](https://nlc.nebraska.gov/Youth/GoldenSowerPastWinnersandNominees.pdf)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · Nebraska — [source: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 2023 winner (Picture Book)](https://nlc.nebraska.gov/Youth/GoldenSowerPastWinnersandNominees.pdf)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Nebraska — [source: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award past winners, 2023 winner (Picture Book)](https://nlc.nebraska.gov/Youth/GoldenSowerPastWinnersandNominees.pdf)

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