Place for Frogs, a (A Place for) - Hardcover

Stewart, Melissa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1561455210 ISBN 13: 9781561455218

Publisher: Peachtree Pub Co Inc, 2010

Synopsis

This eloquent and informative picture book, a follow-up to A PLACE FOR BUTTERFLIES and A PLACE FOR BIRDS, shows how human activities can hurt or help frogs and other creatures that share our world.

About this title

About the Author:

Melissa Stewart has written more than one hundred books for elementary, middle school, and high school readers, including many award-winning titles. She lives in Massachusetts.

Recent titles: A PLACE FOR BIRDS (Peachtree 2009); UNDER THE SNOW (Peachtree 2009; A Junior Library Guild selection); WHEN RAIN FALLS (Peachtree 2008); A PLACE FOR BUTTERFLIES (Peachtree 2006)

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2–5—Spraying crops with insecticides and chemical fertilizers, polluting wildlife habitats, filling in lakes and ponds—these are a few of the ecologically harmful activities highlighted here. A simple text runs along the top of each illustrated spread, describing a human threat to frogs ("Some tadpoles have trouble surviving when people add fish to lakes and ponds") and then suggesting a solution ("When people take out the fish, frogs can live and grow"). A realistic acrylic painting depicts one or more frogs in their natural habitat, while a sidebar identifies the species shown and briefly presents a case study of how they were threatened and the efforts made to save them. Close-up insets appear throughout, cross-sections show tadpoles underwater, and small maps on the endpapers indicate the geographical range of the various species (the northern leopard frog, Pine Barrens tree frog, Puerto Rico rock frog, and more). Also discussed are their life cycles and their importance in the food chain. While Molly Aloian's Endangered Frogs (Crabtree, 2006) mentions causes of declining populations, its primary focus is on the animals themselves. Stewart's beautifully illustrated title centers on how humans negatively affect wildlife and makes a strong case for conservation.—Karey Wehner, formerly at San Francisco Public Library
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About this edition

• Publisher: Peachtree Pub Co Inc
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1561455210
• ISBN 13: 9781561455218
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Bond Higgins