#library turtle

[veinsfullofstars]

Okay I've seen it mentioned a couple times now but I gotta ask.....

what's the Library Turtle?

Oh? Would you perhaps be referring to-

-known more colloquially as the Library Turtle? Well, I'm glad you asked!

In the CFAU, it’s a little interstellar lending library that travels all around the local star system, collecting, trading, and sharing a wide assortment of books, magazines, music, and other sources of knowledge and entertainment between the various interplanetary communities. The elderly duo that owns the library have been running it for quite some time, visiting Popstar in particular few times a month. As for the proprietors themselves…

First, we have the lovely Ms. Paige, a tiny owl-like lady with a witchy aesthetic and a grandmotherly disposition, as patient and wise as you’d expect given her librarian title (as long as you don’t damage her books, that is). A former teacher and very well-traveled, she is a wealth of general knowledge and information, always happy to answer questions when she can or, barring that, to find the book that will. (She also has a bit of a weakness for gossip, even if she won’t admit it.) On occasion, she’ll regale the children with a story or two, folktales and epics and even anecdotes from her own travels (though, few tend to believe such fantastical yarns). She’s also rather spry for her age, often seen carrying improbably tall stacks of books without breaking a sweat. She claims it’s because she always remembers to eat her greens, or exercise regularly, or get a good amount of sleep every day. The answer seems to vary each time she’s asked about it.

We also have the illustrious Sir Apple Tortsworth IV, Esq. - or Sir Tort for short - a large tortoise-like creature who co-owns the library with Paige. He is an easygoing old man of few words and fewer hurries, perfectly content to take the twilight years of his life at a leisurely pace (even if others don’t always meet him at his speed). On land, he stands on four sturdy legs, while, in the air, he transforms them into flippers that let him soar with grace and ease, even with the weight of a whole library on his shell (well… some of it, anyway). He’s happy to chat when prompted, his words thoughtful and eloquent, but he generally prefers to sit back and observe while Paige does the talking for them both. She claims that he’s actually quite the chatterbox when he wants to be (and a sassy one at that). Then again, she also claims that he was once a highly-decorated knight. And a certified lawyer. And a four-star chef. He’s yet to confirm or deny any of these claims. Mostly he just smiles and sleepily admires the scenery, humming old songs from his youth.

The kids love when the Library Turtle comes to visit the village, even the ones not so inclined to reading. As interesting as their homeland can be, there's something exciting about learning what goes on in the cosmos beyond. Paige never fails to find something to interest them, even if it's just another one of her famously tall tales. And Sir Tort is more than happy to listen when one of them has news to share or just needs an ear to confide in. And, whenever the kids have questions about anything - their home, the world beyond Popstar, their families and neighbors, even the two of them - Paige and Sir Tort always make time to answer to the best of their abilities.

Sketch started 01/09/25, sketch finished 01/14/25. | Childhood Friends AU Masterpost

[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

People think that it is strange to have a turtle ten thousand miles long and an elephant more than two thousand miles tall, which just shows that the human brain is ill-adapted for thinking and was probably originally designed for cooling the blood. It believes mere size is amazing. There's nothing amazing about size. Turtles are amazing, and elephants are quite astonishing. But the fact that there's a big turtle is far less amazing than the fact that there is a turtle anywhere.

Terry Pratchett, The Last Hero

[arthistoryanimalia]

#WatercolorWednesday :

Beatrix Potter (English, 1866-1943)

“Terrapin, probably drawn at London Zoo” c.1905

Watercolor, pen & ink, graphite

Seen at “Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature” exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum

[turtleblogatlast]

Big Mama must have lost some serious standing in the yokai underworld because it’s gotten apparent that she keeps being beaten by a small group of teenagers and the occasional rat man, and when it’s not them then she’s taking L’s from her own schemes working against her.

And in the ensuing power vacuum, the Hamatos accidentally become the most feared crime family known to all the big bads of the Hidden City.

After all, they’ve publicly outplayed Big Mama multiple times, a couple of them have taken out the heads of two of the most well known criminal organizations, one took out Heinous Green, two are responsible for the destruction of Witch Town, they have ties to both the infamous Baron Draxum and Captain Piel, they won the Doom Dome death race, they’re Battle Nexus Champions, they’ve displayed insane feats of power and defeated impossibly strong enemies, most of them have been to jail, and they regularly mingle with humans.

You can just imagine the notoriety they’d accumulate from word of mouth alone.

[vintagewildlife]

Female Orinoco river turtles awaiting nightfall so they can lay their eggs By: Dr. Janis Roze From: Life Nature Library: Reptiles 1963

[danger-bird]

Those extra 78 sleepless nights finally caught up to him.

Happy Birthday, Leander! Sweet dreams 🌙

[oozedninjas]

LIBRARY

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[theblorboscalledtheturtles]

TMNT IDW LIBRARY GUIDE

Want to read the IDW run of tmnt, but confused by the reading order and don't want to spend money? Below is a list of everything in order, with links to library resources (primarily Hoopladigital and ComicsPlus, which are free with a library card at participating libraries) and physical book titles you can search in your library catalog! Happy reading!

This is going to take a long time to complete, so I'm going to go ahead and publish the post unfinished and just keep making edits to it. Readers can at least get a start! CURRENTLY: 8/16 Complete

Bold=reading order, Blue=BOOK, Purple=Digital, Red=Not found, Orange=additional info

*I'm going by the tables of contents from the IDW collections, but it's also on wikipedia **When searching titles, assume TMNT=teenage mutant ninja turtles, fully written out. I just abbreviated it to keep the list tidy ***I'm not going to link ComicsPlus because it requires a library-specific url to actually work. Also their availability sometimes changes. I will occasionally include a search keyword because the ComicsPlus search is funky ****Mega deep library tip: see if your library does Interlibrary Loan through WorldCat. You might have to talk to a librarian and/or fill out a special request form. But the complete IDW collections could be available that way if they aren't in your regular system. I was even able to get vol 14, which is currently out of print.

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 1 (BOOK)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1–4 TMNT Vol.1: Change is Constant (BOOK, issues 1-4) Hoopla, issues 1-4, also on ComicsPlus

A Lot to Learn (30th Anniversary Special) Hoopla, starts pg 34, also on ComicsPlus

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5 TMNT Vol. 2: enemies old, enemies new (BOOK, issues 5-8) Hoopla issues 5-8, also on Comics Plus

Micro Series – Raphael TMNT Micro-Series vol. 1 (BOOK, Raph, Mike, Leo, Don) Hoopla Raph Mike Leo Don, also on ComicsPlus Hoopla Raph

Micro Series – Michelangelo Hoopla Mikey

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #6

Micro Series – Donatello Hoopla Don

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7–8

Micro Series – Leonardo Hoopla Leo

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9–10 TMNT Vol. 3: Shadows of the Past (BOOK, issues 9-12) Hoopla issues 9-12, also on ComicsPlus

Micro Series – Splinter TMNT: Micro-Series Vol. 2 (BOOK, Casey April Splinter Fugitoid) ComicsPlus Casey April Splinter Fugitoid (search "tmnt micro-series")

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #11–12

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 2 (BOOK)

Micro Series – Casey Jones

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13–14 TMNT Vol. 4: Sins of the fathers (BOOK, issues 13-16) Hoopla 13-16, also on ComicsPlus

Micro Series – April

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15–16

Micro Series – Fugitoid

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #17–20 TMNT Vol. 5: Krang War (BOOK, 17-20) Hoopla 17-20, also on ComicsPlus

Villains Micro Series – Krang TMNT Villain Micro-Series Vol. 1 (BOOK, Krang, Stonk, Hob, Alo) Hoopla Krang, Stockman, Hob, Alopex, also ComicsPlus

Villains Micro Series – Baxter Stockman

Secret History of the Foot Clan #1–4 TMNT: Secret History of the Foot Clan (BOOK, 1-4) Hoopla 1-4, also ComicsPlus

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 3 (BOOK)

Annual 2012 *Wikipedia lists this in a different place Hoopla

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #21–22 TMNT Vol. 6: City Fall Part 1 (BOOK, 21-24) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus

Villains Micro Series – Old Hob

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #23–24

Villains Micro Series – Alopex

Villains Micro Series – Karai TMNT: Villain Micro-Series Vol. 2 (BOOK, Karai, Hun, Be&Rock, Shredder) ComicsPlus (search "karai")

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #25 TMNT Vol. 7: City Fall Part 2 (BOOK, 25-28)

Villains Micro Series – Hun

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #26

Villains Micro Series – Bebop & Rocksteady

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #27–28

Villains Micro Series – The Shredder

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 4 (BOOK)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #29 TMNT Vol. 8: Northampton (BOOK, 29-32) Hoopla 29-32, also ComicsPlus

Utrom Empire #1 TMNT: Utrom Empire (BOOK, 1-3) ComicsPlus

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #30

Utrom Empire #2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #31–32

Utrom Empire #3

Annual 2014 Hoopla

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #33–37 TMNT Vol. 9: Monsters, Misfits, and Madmen (BOOK, 33-36)  Hoopla 33-36, also ComicsPlus (search "monsters, misfits, and madmen") TMNT Vol. 10: New Mutant Order (BOOK, 37-40) Hoopla 37-40, also ComicsPlus *Watch out! You only need to read #37 right now!

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 5 (BOOK)

Turtles in Time #1–4 TMNT: Turtles in Time (BOOK, 1-4) *Might be out of print? Hoopla, also ComicsPlus

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #38–40

TMNT/Ghostbusters #1–4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters (BOOK 1-4) Couldn't find it digital

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #41–44 TMNT Vol. 11: Attack On Technodrome (BOOK, 41-44) Hoopla 41-44, also ComicsPlus

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 6 (BOOK)

Mutanimals #1–4 TMNT: Mutanimals (BOOK, 1-4) *Might be out of print? On ComicsPlus

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #45–46 TMNT Vol. 12: Vengeance Part 1 (BOOK, 45-47, FCBD '15) Hoopla 45-47 +FCBD, also ComicsPlus

FCBD 2015 – Prelude to Vengeance

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #47–50 TMNT Vol. 13: Vengeance Part 2 (BOOK, 48-50) Hoopla 45-47, also ComicsPlus (search "teenage mutant ninja turtles vol #13)

Casey & April #1–4 TMNT Casey & April (BOOK, 1-4) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 7 (BOOK)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #51–64 TMNT Vol. 14: Order from Chaos (BOOK, 51-55) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (51-55) TMNT Vol. 15: Leatherhead (BOOK, 56-60) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (56-60) TMNT Vol. 16: Chasing Phantoms (BOOK, 61-65) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (61-65)

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 8 (BOOK)

Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything #1–5 TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything (BOOK, 1-5) ComicsPlus

***The next section starts the TMNT Universe series. The numbering is all weird, and so I'm following the IDW table of contents, listing specific story titles in orange for accuracy. ALL TMNT Universe comics are on ComicsPlus AND Hoopla. Tbh You can probably read through them and not worry about the order too much unless you really care about the official continuity.

TMNT Universe #1–5 (The War to Come and Inside Out) TMNT Universe Vol. 1 (BOOK, 1-5) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (1-5)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #65

TMNT Universe #5-6 (Urban Legends and The Rot in the Shell) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (6-10)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #66 TMNT Vol. 17: Desperate Measures (BOOK, 66-70) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (66-70)

TMNT Universe #10 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Pepperoni)

TMNT Universe #6-9 (What is Ninja?)

TMNT Universe #7-8 (Metalhead 2.0)

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 9 (BOOK)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #67-70 TMNT Vol. 18: Trial of Krang (BOOK, 71-75, FCBD 2017) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (71-75, FCBD 2017)

TMNT Universe (Toad Baron's Ball)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #71-72 (Part nine is incomplete. I hit a snag and I'm out of time for now)

[flapajacker]

This scene is one of my favorites from the series. The fact that it’s in a library. Donnie’s wink. Donnie mimicking the librarian. Him calling his brothers “illiterate colleagues”. The wack ass fucking smile at the end. Chefs kiss

[randomrottmntscreenshots]

Hihi hello hajdjajd I know this might be a weird request but do you have some photos of Donnie with his goggles or glasses on ? Or maybe some silly cursed images of the turtles ? (Also I love looking at your post you're awesome and sorry for spam liking-)

Oh never apologize for spam liking. Engagement (and especially silly tags/comments) fuels my motivation to keep this blog going.

I love Donnie with glasses or goggles on!

And not really screenshots but I have a collection of reaction pics I think you'll appreciate:

[opencommunion]

"The story of  'John Doe 1' of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is tucked in a lawsuit filed five years ago against several U.S. tech companies, including Tesla, the world’s largest electric vehicle producer. In a country where the earth hides its treasures beneath its surface, those who chip away at its bounty pay an unfair price. As a pre-teen, his family could no longer afford to pay his $6 monthly school fee, leaving him with one option: a life working underground in a tunnel, digging for cobalt rocks.  But soon after he began working for roughly two U.S. dollars per day, the child was buried alive under the rubble of a collapsed mine tunnel. His body was never recovered. 

The nation, fractured by war, disease, and famine, has seen more than 6 million people die since the mid-1990s, making the conflict the deadliest since World War II. But, in recent years, the death and destruction have been aided by the growing number of electric vehicles humming down American streets. In 2022, the U.S., the world’s third-largest importer of cobalt, spent nearly $525 million on the mineral, much of which came from the Congo.

As America’s dependence on the Congo has grown, Black-led labor and environmental organizers here in the U.S. have worked to build a transnational solidarity movement. Activists also say that the inequities faced in the Congo relate to those that Black Americans experience. And thanks in part to social media, the desire to better understand what’s happening in the Congo has grown in the past 10 years. In some ways, the Black Lives Matter movement first took root in the Congo after the uprising in Ferguson in 2014, advocates say. And since the murder of George Floyd and the outrage over the Gaza war, there has been an uptick in Congolese and Black American groups working on solidarity campaigns.

Throughout it all, the inequities faced by Congolese people and Black Americans show how the supply chain highlights similar patterns of exploitation and disenfranchisement. ... While the American South has picked up about two-thirds of the electric vehicle production jobs, Black workers there are more likely to work in non-unionized warehouses, receiving less pay and protections. The White House has also failed to share data that definitively proves whether Black workers are receiving these jobs, rather than them just being placed near Black communities. 'Automakers are moving their EV manufacturing and operations to the South in hopes of exploiting low labor costs and making higher profits,' explained Yterenickia Bell, an at-large council member in Clarkston, Georgia, last year. While Georgia has been targeted for investment by the Biden administration, workers are 'refusing to stand idly by and let them repeat a cycle that harms Black communities and working families.'

... Of the 255,000 Congolese mining for cobalt, 40,000 are children. They are not only exposed to physical threats but environmental ones. Cobalt mining pollutes critical water sources, plus the air and land. It is linked to respiratory illnesses, food insecurity, and violence. Still, in March, a U.S. court ruled on the case, finding that American companies could not be held liable for child labor in the Congo, even as they helped intensify the prevalence. ... Recently, the push for mining in the Congo has reached new heights because of a rift in China-U.S. relations regarding EV production. Earlier this month, the Biden administration issued a 100% tariff on Chinese-produced EVs to deter their purchase in the U.S. Currently, China owns about 80% of the legal mines in the Congo, but tens of thousands of Congolese work in 'artisanal' mines outside these facilities, where there are no rules or regulations, and where the U.S. gets much of its cobalt imports.  'Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected,' wrote Siddharth Kara last year in the award-winning investigative book Cobalt Red: How The Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives. 'It is a system of absolute exploitation for absolute profit.' While it is the world’s richest country in terms of wealth from natural resources, Congo is among the poorest in terms of life outcomes. Of the 201 countries recognized by the World Bank Group, it has the 191st lowest life expectancy."

[thatsbelievable]

A Message From the That’s Believable Guy

Guess what? The spooky humor middle-grade book that I wrote and Robb Mommaerts illustrated, The Monstrous Adventures of Mummy Man and Waffles, is on sale for 59% off HERE.

Mummy Man is a silly, spooky friendship adventure, filled-to-bursting with ridiculous B-movie monsters. There’s even a turtle named Frank!

If you’d like to support the work we do on That’s Believable, a great way to do that would be to order a copy! Or, you could ask for the book at your local library. We would be incredibly grateful. Thanks for reading!

[oopsallturtles]

Fun fact.

When you work at a library, you get to choose what books get displayed.

[sugarpasteltmnt]

OKAY I wanted to wait till tomorrow to post this but I got excited seeing your response to my teaser and y'know...

I took this more as a lighting/colorpalette study so it's a bit different from Void's usual design I see featured on here often :) Idk if I'm fully happy with how it came out but it's a study so eeehhhh whatever haha.

He is indeed very shaped and I love drawing him so I hope you enjoy :D

(This is based on my loose idea of what his #facereveal could be like but we'll see what you have actually planned >:))

WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! 💘💗💙❤️🧡❣️💞💓💛💙❤️💘💗💓❤️💜💘💗💕💛💙💘💖🩵!!!!

MY FUNKY FRESH BOI I LOVE HIM??? AHHH!!!

[peebles-turtlesommelier]

STIMMY STIMMY STIMMY!!!!!

Other vers. :3

[vintagewildlife]

Nest of a peninsula cooter By: Archie Carr From: Life Nature Library: Reptiles 1963