Illustrated by Alison BartlettCandlewick, 2000
Paper $6.99
32 pages
"Read and Wonder" series
ages 5-8
Excellent book
Ever since Brendan's ranger-led Acadia National Park frog adventure, I've been checking out books about frogs. In this book it is springtime and a little girl and her mother find frog spawn at the pond. They take it home to watch the amazing changes fron egg to tadpole to frog.
Not only is this a story, it's an excellent easy how-to guide so kids --- with their parent's help --- can watch these magical changes themselves.
How often do you change the pond water? What happens next? What should you do when they become frogs?
The illustrations are full-page, brightly colored acrylics. The large "Tapioca" font tells the story, smaller font gives the info.
Oh would I love to do this! But the book itself is all you need to easily learn LOTS of neat things about frogs.
1 comment:
Hi - and this is Vivian French, author of Growing Frogs.
Thank you so much for your lovely review; I really enjoyed writing the book. It's all based on the frog watching I did with my youngest daughter, Nancy - she was the one who thought frogs grew bigger and bigger and BIGGER!
All very best wishes to you - I just love your musings. Vivian.
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