Turtle Girl by Carole Crowe

This is a book about a little girl who has to deal with the death of her grandmother. The book begins with the girl and her grandmother helping defend the new nests made by sea turtles. Before the eggs hatch the grandmother dies and the little girl learns to face the idea of her grandmother's death by helping the baby turtles return to the ocean.
The best part about this book were the soft colored pencil illustrations. I found the story itself to be pretty cliché and cheesy. The author made up the story about the grandmother's death in order to add depth to the story line but because the book is so short and there is next to no character development the story feels hollow.