Independent Reading: Grades 2-4
ALA Notable Book
Boston Globe-Horn Honor Book
IRA Teachers' Choice

Amazing photographs combined with kid friendly text on all types of frogs. While a great deal of information is shared, the use of varied type size and color helps to break up the text making it less daunting for young readers. Really neat 2 page spread where the author shares how he researched the topic, prepared to take photos, and some of his favorite moments when writing the book. Includes index, glossary. ( )

This book gives lots of information on all the different types of frogs around. Talks about the different colors of frogs as well as their different skin types.

This nonfiction book about frogs features full-color photographs and detailed text of frogs from all over the world. This book would be a great resource for an intermediate student to use on a research project about frogs. ( )

Overall the book was good! It had very good information which was sequenced well. I feel like it broke down things in super simple terms and had a lot of good information! The pictures were super nice too. ( )

This book is a great book to help build background knowledge for students. Each page goes into detail about different types of frogs and their habitats. The story then goes on to explain the different stages of a frog's life cycle and even includes a glossary at the end.

Genre: Non-fiction (informational)

I would:
-present it to a class of 3rd-4th grade students as a book they can read during their silent reading time.
-have it available as a book that can be used for a project so that they can gather information about frogs, discovery etc.

Critique: "Frogs" is a great example of an informational book because it presents accurate information. It also has illustrations that go with the information that is presented.

This book was very kid-friendly, and talked with sentences that were easy to understand. No highlighted vocabulary. Good for K-3. Great pictures, would be a great paring with a wetlands unit, where the kids got to see real frogs. ( )

very in-depth book about different types of frogs, where they live, what they eat, how they protect themselves.
3 books

Wonderful book with fantabulous photos! ( )

I really enjoyed this book! I value the fact that Nic Bishop went into detail not only about frogs, but about the differences between frogs and toads (because many young children don't differentiate the two). This book is filled with images of different frogs, accompanied by interesting facts about things such as what they eat, where/when they sleep, what the differences between different frogs are, and so on. Students as young as kindergarten could easily obtain information from this book if read aloud to them. I would think young children at that age would have a lot of fun going through the book, and then being asked questions about what they learned and having them answer things like "what was your favorite frog and why?" or "which body part do frogs not have?" to see what they gained from the book!

Another great book, photography by Nic Bishop.

Bishop does an excellent job of describing a variety of frogs and some interesting facts about them. He talks about the difference between frogs and toads, and describes many unique facts about frogs, such as their interesting habitats and eating habits.

This book could be a good resource for teaching kids the difference between fact and opinion, or teaching students how to use quotations and resources for research projects. ( )

This book is about frogs , there are tiny poison dart frogs and mammoth bullfrogs. The book tells what certain words mean such as Amphibian, Antifreeze, oxygen. This book explain alot about frogs.

Personal Reaction: This book is good to use for any classroom or family time because it teachers about fogs and what and how they live. Itsgood for the imagination.

Classroom Extension:
1. Have class to draw a picture of small and large frogs and make a story about it.

2. Give each frog that is made by a child a name

3. Have children to draw an environment that they believe the frogs belong.

This was bought through my nephews school during book sale time. Always a great time to try to find some more frog books for my collection. ( )

Holy cow is this book amazing! The photographs are outstanding in their clarity and detail and all-around coolness - the picture of the glass frog on page 10 is a particular standout (you can see its insides!!). The captions clearly identify each frog while also providing interesting bits that add to or expand on the main text. The text hits kids right where they live; my favorite example: "Frogs...do not have rib bones. That is one reason they are so good at squeezing through small gaps, like between your fingers when you are trying to hold them." Each page has one sentence highlighted which could be used with minor alteration as a read-aloud text for audiences who don't have the attention to listen to the full-length text or are too young to browse the book themselves. All the basic report information, like habitat and diet, is here, but Bishop adds fascinating tidbits that make learning about frogs so much fun. While reading this, I kept turning to the people in the room with me and going "Did you know frogs' ears are like drums? And that indigenous Australians learned how to squeeze desert frogs to get a drink and then let the frogs go?! And the gastric brooding frog of Australia swallows her eggs so the tadpoles can grow in the safety of her stomach for about two months and then hiccups them out?!?" Bishop ends with an author's note about where the photographs of the frogs were taken and his enthusiasm for his subjects just shines off the page. A glossary of the more difficult terms, such as "indigenous peoples" and an index are also included. I love, love, love this book. ( )

Nice photos and information about frogs, any kid would be enchanted by the highly detailed and colorful photos. The design is modern and eye catching, another attractive element.

A book with everything anyone would ever want to know about frogs. The information is provided in very clear and detailed texts with great colored pictures included. The book includes information about species of frogs, their physical characteristics, life cycle and interesting facts about frogs. This book would be a great book for lessons on animals and their habitats as well as what kinds of things they need out of life or even used as a reference book for a class covering a lesson on the life cycle. I enjoyed the book's placement of text and the large font and colored sections of text as it added something fun and interesting to the page -eye catching so to speak. I did have issues with the side notes/ additional texts for a picture as all the "s's" were written as a capital "s" and not regularly like the rest of the text. I can see children having difficulty with the writing with these "s" and I don't think they add anything special to the book except annoyance. ( )

This book is so awesome! It has beautiful, eye-grabbing, close-up images of frogs to examine and text on each page giving you information and facts about different kinds of frogs. This would definitely be a great book to have in the classroom as it could grab the interest of all students! ( )

A nonfiction book about all sorts of frogs told through full color photographs taken by Nic Bishop. Full of interesting facts and comparisons. It reads like a picture book – very engaging!

eye-catching cover, great to children wanting to know all about frogs, each page has one fact bolded, easy to read with wonderful photographs

This is a great book for learning about frogs.It has great detail about them and the pictures are fantastic, there are even a pull out page to see a frog's motion while it's jumping. It also uses comparisons for things like how far and high a frog can jump. I think this helps kids really understand distance. ( )

LOVE THIS BOOK!!! So colorful and fun facts! ( )

He explores a frogs life, how they eat, breed and survive in such a large world. Great detailed pictures that show motion. He teaches the reader about a horned frog's eating habits, such as small white mice!

Incredible close-up photographs of colorful and unusual frogs in action. Solid and interesting scientific facts about frogs, appropriate for elementary school aged children. ( )