Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN What do you do when you notice all hell’s broken loose? That’s the question frog researcher Edgardo Griffith faced when he observed the dramatically declining populations of Panama’s national amphibian symbol, the golden frog. And it’s what award-winning author Sandra Markle sets off to document in this adventuresome book that [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Frogs'
The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs
August 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Amphibians·Carolyn M. Mullin·Edgardo Griffith·Environment·Frogs·Mystery·Older Elementary·Panama·Sandra Markle·Science·Science Books
The Dancing Pig
July 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY This colorful picture book by Judy Sierra and Jesse Sweetwater brings to life a folktale from Bali, in which a dancing pig saves twin girls from an ogress. Using bold illustrations and expressive language, The Dancing Pig recounts the rescue — which involves a bunch of musical frogs and a mouse — and [...]
Tags:Bali·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Frogs·Jesse Sweetwater·Judy Sierra·Mice·Pigs·Preschoolers
Tuesday
May 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Kiddo and I were surprised that I hadn’t reviewed Tuesday for Vegbooks. We love this book, because as kiddo puts it, “It’s funny and strange.” With few words and very detailed illustrations, David Wiesner has crafted a tale about flying frogs. Mysteriously, one Tuesday night, the frogs rise up on their [...]
Tags:1990s Books·Caldecott Medal·David Weisner·Dogs·Early Elementary·Frogs·Humor·Illustration·Mystery·Nearly Wordless Books·Pigs·Preschoolers
Mixed Beasts
January 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE Inside Mixed Beasts, you’ll find a collection of fictional beasts discovered by Zoologist and Professor Julius Duckworth O’Hare Esq. Each odd beast is a combination of two animals or two “things.” For example, there is a rhinocerostrich, a kangarooster, and a flamingocart. The book is set up as a field guide (a [...]
Tags:Animals·Ants·Creativity·Early Elementary·Frogs·Humor·Kenyon Cox·Older Elementary·Preschoolers·Robyn Moore·Wallace Edwards
The Princess and the Frog
January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Movies
Review By JESSICA ALMY I have to admit that a good part of my enchantment with Disney’s 2009 flick “The Princess and the Frog” has to do with its toe-tapping soundtrack, and the role that jazz plays in the New Orleans-based storyline. This retelling of the Frog Prince, now available on DVD, also features beautiful [...]
Tags:Animated Movies·Crocodiles·Disney·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Frogs·Jazz·Music·Older Elementary·Princess
Deformed Frogs
November 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN If anything, Deformed Frogs is a unique way to approach and support an organic lifestyle. The premise of this non-fiction, educational work is for the reader to sleuth their way through the enigma of why, in some habitats, up to 60% of frogs are disfigured, either with abnormal, additional or [...]
Tags:Amphibians·Biology·Carolyn M. Mullin·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Ecosystems·Environment·Frogs·Kathy Allen·Older Elementary·Science Books·Wildlife
City Dog, Country Frog
October 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT In City Dog, Country Frog, Caldecott Honoree Mo Willems has penned a tale about friendship and change. When City Dog arrives in the country for a springtime visit, he runs as fast and as far as he can (without a leash!). He meets Country Frog sitting on a rock, waiting for a friend. [...]
Tags:ALA Notable Children's books·Dogs·Early Elementary·Friendship·Frogs·Illustration·Interspecies Friendship·Jon J. Muth·Loss·Mo Willems·Nature
Just Like Mama
May 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Lesléa Newman, author of Hachiko Waits, wrote a lovely book entitled Just Like Mama that hit bookstores last month. She collaborates with illustrator Julia Gorton on a tribute to motherhood, which is narrated by a little girl one summer day. My daughter, who is just beginning to read, loves the use of [...]
Tags:Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Frogs·Gardening·Julia Gorton·Lesléa Newman·Mothers·Preschoolers·Vegetarian
If Frogs Made Weather
January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY This picture book by Marion Dane Bauer and Dorothy Donahue introduces kids to the ecological needs of animals through touching, even funny, poems — with gorgeous illustrations to boot. Each page could stand on its own, but together they’re downright magical. One of the things I love about this book is, [...]
Tags:Dorothy Donahue·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Frogs·Marion Dane Bauer·Polar Bears·Preschoolers
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