🎧 Audiobook Review!

The Secret Life of a Sea Turtle is an educational children’s book that follows a green sea turtle as she hatches, and then throughout her life until she lays her own eggs. The book goes into great detail about what causes harm to sea turtles as they age into adulthood, and the journeys sea turtles make throughout their lives. This recording has a very calming background track, as if you were listening to a documentary right in the aquarium. In addition to the background music, the narrators voice is very calm and soothing for children to listen along. My son (age 6) was engaged as we listened to this together in the car, and I (age 30) was as well! We would recommend this audio recording as it is educational, engaging, and calming!

This was really cute and informative
Perfect length for school pick up
Love learning about marine animals

This is a really cute little book! It doesn’t shy away from the facts (most baby sea turtles die, and one clutch of eggs may have two fathers) but it is easy and accessible to read. It’s a good middle ground between very basic picture books and long chapter books.

I especially love audiobooks for this type of book because you get all the back matter included. As a child, my parents never read me the authors note for a picture book, and as an adult, I’m not going to read every word after the story ends. Audiobooks do that for you.

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for this Audio ARC. All opinions are my own.

I felt like I was watching a National Geographic documentary unfold as I listened to this story. I am fascinated with sea turtles and enjoyed this book. I think it will capture readers/listeners attention immediately. Very interesting and informative.

The Secret Life of a Sea Turtle by Maddalena Bearzi

informative fast-paced
4.75 stars

This was a wonderfully produced audiobook!

The information was very accurate & it did not shy away from some of the 'darker' themes of surviving as a newborn sea creature. I think that it managed those sections well, providing accurate portrayals of those challenges, without dwelling too deeply/graphically. I think that style is a good introduction to young readers.

I feel like this is a combo where I would want to read the physical copy of the book at the same time as listening to the audio. The narration and sound effects added so much life to the story, however, I saw a sample of the illustrations and I can not wait to see them fully.

I think that this is a perfect introductory book to a budding young scientist!

Thank you Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for an audio ARC of this story!
Star Rating: 4.75, recommended title