Synopsis
From tadpole to frog, Jim Arnosky shows and tells kids how frogs grow and live. Big bullfrogs and tiny spring peepers, vivid tropical frogs and bronze swamp frogs spring from the pages of the book. Kids will learn why frogs can jump so far, what they eat and what eats them, the correct way to handle a frog, and how to recognize frogs by the sounds they make. And there is some information about toads, too!This is the seventh book in the aaclaimed All About series. It will appeal to every young naturalist.
Carol Raker Collins - Children's Literature
Wonderfully illustrated, this child's introduction to frogs is a delight. All kinds of facts are presented in an artistic and memorable fashion. First, frogs are clearly and succinctly distinguished from their toad relatives. Then, representative samples of the more than one thousand species of frogs are illustrated and labeled, from a one-inch chorus frog to a six-inch bullfrog. Next follows the discussion and depiction of tree frogs, including colorful poisonous ones. There are several pages on the parts of the frog. In the mating call section, we see how vocal sacs produce distinctive sounds such as JUG-O-RUM for the bullfrog or GRUNT GRUNT for the pig frog. The metamorphosis of the amphibian from tadpole to frog is shown as the gill and tail are replaced by lungs and limbs. A surprising two-page spread shows what frogs eat grubs, grasshoppers, dragonflies, mayflies and other frogs! Next, there's a spread on black of many of the animals that hunt frogs day and night, followed by a sunshiny spread of the escaped frog from the dark page into a happy, lily-pad-filled pond. The naturalist author-illustrator weds a scientific knowledge of the precise makeup of these creatures with a sensitive appreciation of nature. 2002, Scholastic Press,