Yoshi and the Ocean: A Sea Turtle’s Incredible Journey Home

Equal parts informational and awe-inspiring, Yoshi and the Ocean is a gorgeous picture book about patience, perseverance, the ocean, and finding your way home.

In 1997, a young loggerhead sea turtle was rescued from the ocean after an injury to her shell. The fishermen who rescued her named her Yoshi and took her to the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa. She was rehabilitated there and grew strongerand larger!every day. She also became one of the most popular exhibits at the aquarium.

After twenty years in captivity, Yoshi was released back into the ocean and traveled more than 25,000 miles in 1,003 days to find her way home. Lindsay Moore, the acclaimed author-illustrator of Sea Bear, chronicles this remarkable true story.