Slippery, Slimy Baby Frogs [Hardcover]

Sandra Markle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 18, 2006 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

Nature puts on one of its flashiest shows as unique tadpoles transform into adult frogs. Spot slimy frog eggs in foam nests, in pouches in their father's legs, and hidden under wet moss. Watch as tadpoles try to survive in a dangerous world. Some must fend for themselves from birth, while others are protected by parents each with their own unique and surprising hiding places--from mouths to legs to backs. Brilliant color photographs reveal how tadpoles change from smooth, legless swimmers into colorful, air-breathing jumpers. Science expert Sandra Markle's introduction to baby frogs from around the world will captivate young fans of these slippery, slimy amphibians.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-7 Through stunning photographs and a lucid text, this book describes various types of frogs, from mating to adulthood. Peeing on eggs to keep them wet and carrying babies in their mouths are a few of the facts that students will find delightfully yucky. The large, full-color photos provide crystal-clear close-up views of tadpoles and frogs in their natural environments, and a world map shows where the photographs were taken. While there are many other books about the life cycle of frogs, none contain the detailed information found here. Christine Markley, Washington Elementary School, Barto, PA
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From Booklist

Gr. 3-5. The title is part of the surprise in this photo-essay about transformation: most baby frogs are tadpoles, and adults and babies look and behave very differently. The author of more than 60 photo-essays, including Outside and Inside Killer Bees (2004), Markle once again pairs beautiful color photographs from around the world with lucid text to explain how tadpoles transform into adult frogs, developing lungs, eyelids, and a wide mouth and tongue. The close-ups are incredible, as are the facts: some tadpoles attach themselves to the mucus on their mother's skin; some male frogs urinate on eggs to keep them wet. Such intriguing information will draw kids who are writing reports as well as those who are just plain curious. Back matter includes a map, a call for conservation, and instructions for raising baby frogs and returning them to their natural habitat. Hazel Rochman
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Walker Childrens (April 18, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802780628
• ISBN-13: 978-0802780621
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 9.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,744,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

SANDRA MARKLE

Sandra Markle is the author of more than 200 books for children, such as A Mother's Journey (Charlesbridge, 2006), How Many Baby Pandas (Walker, 2009), The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs (Millbrook, 2011), Butterfly Tree (Peachtree Publishing, 2011). She has won numerous awards for this work, including Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices, NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book, SB& F finalist, John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers, Junior Library Guild Selection, Orbis Pictus Recommended Book, Charlotte Zolotow Award, and MORE.
She was honoured with the title of "Best of Children's Non-Fiction" Georgia Author Of The Year award five times and was named one of 1999's Women of the Year by Women in Technology International for her contributions to science and technology.

In addition to her books, Sandra Markle has developed science specials for CNN and PBS. She is also noted for developing On-Line Expedition: Antarctica, one of the first on-line educational programs and continued adding further on-line reports from Antarctica while working on book projects in 1996 and 1999 as a grantee for the National Science Foundation's Artists and Writers Program.

Reviewers have heaped praise on Markle's books, including:
Outside and Inside Bats "The author presents a particularly felicitous accord of words and pictures in an outstanding science book for the primary grades." The Horn Book Magazine
Outside and Inside Alligators "This newest installment of the Outside and Inside series adds another fine book to a top-notch series." Bookselling This Week, a Kid's Pick of the Lists
Outside and Inside Dinosaurs It's like sitting down with a dinosaur expert who happens to be a great teacher." The Horn Book Magazine

Sandra Markle remains proudest, though, of the praise she has received in fan mail from children. She's happy to fulfill the requests of the young readers that urge her to "please write more."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of slimy fun, April 21, 2009

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Heather Martin (The Republic of Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slippery, Slimy Baby Frogs (Hardcover)

This book has great photos. The text is a bit longish for one sitting so you may want to split it into two days. But it's full of lots of fun and yucky facts. My boys really enjoyed it.

We'll read it again for sure.