Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Hardcover)

by Joy Cowley (Author), Nic Bishop (Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
Teddy bears and ducklings, eat your heart out--there's nothing cuter than a red-eyed tree frog. And award-winning photographer Nic Bishop (The Secrets of Animal Flight) roamed through the rain forests of Central America with rolls and rolls of high-speed film to prove it. Preschoolers will be captivated by the slice-of-life story that Joy Cowley and Bishop tell of this adorable amphibian: "Here is an iguana. Frogs do not eat iguanas. Do iguanas eat frogs? The red-eyed tree frog does not wait to find out." Sharp close-up photographs of near misses with a snake, a long froggy leap, a moth lunch, and a little, eyelid-exposing nap mesh perfectly with Cowley's engaging narrative. The "Did You Know?" section in the back recounts the ins and outs, ups and downs of tree-frog life. (Ages 3 to 5) --Karin Snelson

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 3-In a tropical rain forest in Central America, a red-eyed tree frog spends the night looking for food while avoiding potential predators. Bishop's high-speed photographic techniques transport viewers to this distant world and allow them to see other creatures from the tree frog's perspective. Larger-than-life images document the hunt, brought to a satisfying conclusion as the well-camouflaged frog settles among the leaves to spend the daylight hours in sleep. Cowley's simple text provides a narrative arc for the amazingly sharp, clear photos. Those who want more information can consult the two pages of explanations that follow the story. Accessible to a much younger age group than most books about rain forests, this volume will also attract older readers because of the striking visuals.
Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Press; 1st edition (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590871757
• ISBN-13: 978-0590871754
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #616,782 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eager Red-eyed Tree Frog reader, April 25, 2000

By	Maudie Weil (Santa Rosa, California, USA) - See all my reviews

The cover photograph of an alert red-eyed tree frog immediately captures attention and invites one into the book. The close-up photographs are of great clarity and interest with one or two sentences of simple text for each one. Shown are some other animal life forms in the frog's habitat. These are introduced as are the frog's daily cycles, its prey, and its enemies. It shows how the frog eludes them. This book concludes with "Did You Know?" which is two pages with facts about its habitat, physiology and life cycle, which were not covered in the story. This section includes small photographs that illustrate its size, toe suckers, and how it sleeps blending into the environment with its unusual eyes closed. This truly delightful book gives a surprising amount of information. It would appeal to any age level, though its simple text is designed for a younger audience. It would also be an excellent addition for English Language Learners or other Special Needs people. This wonderful introduction of this endearing creature is sure to be loved by frog aficionados. I highly recommend this book.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EYED ON A RED-EYED FROG, November 17, 1999

By	Harry Fukuoka (Oskaka, Japan) - See all my reviews

Last night, when I was going to give a bed time story to my daughter at the age of four, she stopped me and told me what she witnessed that day. She said, "Daddy, you know the red-eyed frog? That's really weird. It checked out an ant, a caterpillar, a grasshopper and even a snake. The snake almost ate it. You must be scared!" I told it to my wife. She said, "Well, Amazon's package arrived today. She just found and took out a "Red-Eyed Tree Frog" among other books. She seemed to like it." My daughter is a Japanese kid and cannot speak nor read English. But surely this book attracts attention of any small ones.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Realistic Frog, October 20, 2002

By	A.Trendl HungarianBookstore.com "RIP MJ" (Glen Ellyn, IL USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

You see the front cover. The rest of the book is like that: beautiful, vivrant images of the star, a lone red-eyed tree frog.

The "Red-Eyed Tree Frog" introduces us to a tint frig with wide eyes, and a few adventures he has. He contemplates eating an ant, swallows a moth, and narrowly escapes being munched by a snake.

The photographer should get the kudos here, as though there is text, it is the pictures which are the prize. The storyline is bland, unpoetic, but the photos are amazing. We see the frog flying in mid-air, and with his foot being tasted by the snake, and a moth pre- and mid-lunch. There is a cool shot of the frog with his eyes closed, as the frog sleeps, and the odd film covering its eyes.

It is a real look at a day in the life of one tree frog.

Anthony Trendl