READy. sET...
hatch! Jeunanne Alkins
Inspired by Caribbean kiddies scattered all over the world. Miles apart, but forever island babies at heart.
First edition published in 2014 by Everything Slight Pepper.
P.O. Box 1373 Wrightson Road
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
IsBN: 978-976-95350-0-8 Written & Illustrated by JEUNANNE ALKINS
Sea Turtle Research by NAKITA POON KONG Original title "island babies: READY. SET...Hatch!"
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“Hi! I’m
HATCH
I’M A BABY LEATHERBACK!”
All over the world, mummy turtles have a special time and place where they go to lay eggs with their little babies inside.
NORTH AMERICA
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MU M
MY
D IE
US
IN
ON A TRIP SO Y M M UTH TU R E H
C
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SOUTH AMERICA
EA N
FAR
x
R
FAR Y L EAL
x
x
EVEN FURTHER
She swam thousands of miles.
HERE
x
Until she arrived at a beautiful beach
in the Caribbean!
SEA” “NOT TOO CLOSE TO THE . ought she th
Mummy searched the beach looking for somewhere cozy for us...
“UNDER THE TREES BY THE RIVER LOO KS SAFE.”
...She thought she had found
the perfect spot!
DIG
DIG DIG
She dug a hole and then buried us in our eggs, deep in the sand.
LAY Y Y LA Y LA LA LAY LAY
Then she covered up the nest. Hidden from danger above!
IES, B A EA” B S Y M THE O E Y B Y T she said. , E E N Y “B O UR J E SAF
Mummy headed back out to the sea leaving us behind in our nest.
2 MONTHS LATER
“MOVE OVER HATCH!”
“ZZZZ...”
“YOU MOVE! YOUR SHELL IS IN SPACE”
MY
It was time to get to the sea!
It was time to get
cracking!!
“KEEP EGGING ME ON”
“OH YEA? I’M FASTER THAN A SPEEDING TURTLE!”
“READY. SET...
Hatch!”
Our race was
on!
There was a
strange noise outside.
rumble rumble RUMBLE rumble RUMBLE rumble RUMBLE rumble RUMBLE
“DID SOMEBODY LEAVE A TAP ON?” “UH OH!”
“WHAT IS THAT SOUND?”
“OH NO! WHY ARE WE SHAKING?”
It sounded like
water!
now available on
our race was
o n!
@wearebrighteyed