Very First Things to Know About Frogs (Very First Things to Know About... Series) - Hardcover

Grossman, Patricia; Barnes, Karen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761107312 ISBN 13: 9780761107316

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, 1999

Synopsis

Introducing the two latest additions to the American Museum of Natural History's Very First Things to Know About...series: Monkeys and Frogs. Written for four-to-seven-olds and backed by the impeccable authority of the Museum, each title combines the fun of interactive learning with fascinating science, and is embellished with detailed, realistic full-color illustrations, call-outs, and activities that make use of the 25 die-cut, reusable color stickers included with each copy.

Frogs is another natural - a step-by-step factual narrative of the friendly neighborhood pond dweller familiar to many children firsthand.

About this title

About the Authors

Patricia Grossman is the author of Very First Things to Know About Ants and Saturday Market.

Karen Barnes was a longtime illustrator at Hallmark and currently lives in Annapolis, Maryland.

From the Back Cover

Step Into a Frog's World

Discover the round, red tomato frog. Learn how to tell the difference between a frog and a toad. And help lead a brown striped frog on a path through the reeds to the overhanging spider's web - and its juicy prey.

Filled with activities and illustrations, here are the 15 most important things to know about frogs, from Fact #1 - "A frog is an amphibian" - to Fact #15 - "Frogs need our help."

With Stickers!

From tadpoles to a dragonfly, lily pads to the half-inch Cuban tree frog, each full-color sticker is part of an activity from the book and is reusable for play again and again.

Written by Patricia Grossman with the scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, Frogs is an interactive primer, just right for backyard naturalists.

Reviews

PreSchool-Grade 1 Two weak entries in the rapidly growing field of nonfiction aimed at young children. Unfortunately, the books' format works against them. On each two-page spread, a basic fact is printed in large type and is followed by a brief explanation and several more related tidbits. Given the broad subjects, the information ends up being general e.g., "Monkeys have different ways of getting from place to place" or "Frogs have long, strong legs." No allowances are made for the inevitable differences among species. This generalization is also apparent in the illustrations. The full-color artwork is adequate, but although various species are shown, none are named an approach that creates more questions than answers. Also problematic are the books' "interactive" elements, which vary greatly in difficulty. Some questions require the use of reusable stickers (included at the back of the books), which creates all manner of circulation nightmares. This game approach might have some appeal, but the information is so minimal that most children will be better served by any of the far superior titles that already exist on these subjects. Arwen Marshall, New York Public Library
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761107312
• ISBN 13: 9780761107316
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32