Frogs, Toads, Lizards, and Salamanders

By The New York Times

Hopping, burrowing, jumping, swimming, climbing, running, and digging -- here are sixteen examples from the amphibian and reptile worlds, found all lover the United States. Each subject is introduced by a lively couplet, and, for the budding herpetologist, there are carefully labeled scientific drawings.From the pugly-ugly Two-toed Amphiuma, slithering in a drainage ditch, and the tiny Oak Toad, sitting on the river bank, to warty toads and scaly lizards, children of all ages will learn the secrets and habits of some of nature's small water, land, and desert creatures.A perfect companion book to the authors' Bugs. Glossaries, range maps, and bibliography and index are included.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688086802
• ISBN13: 9780688086800
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 6 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 1 and higher

Customer Reviews

Something for everyone

The great thing about this book is that there is an engaging, funny illustration on one page to set the stage and pique the child's interest, with simple rhyming text, and then on the other page there is a detailed paragraph on the featured critter full of interesting facts, vocabulary, and science concepts. So this book can be used by beginning and more advanced readers. The combination of humor and information is a winning...