Did you run around your backyard chasing toads and frogs as a child? Are you looking for a fabulous book to share with your class about frogs and their life cycles? Read Frogs, written and photographed by Nic Bishop.
Students and teachers alike will love the photos of close up frogs that lead you through the pages. He covers facts about frogs, their environment, and their life. This book is great to read to a class or have students read the large print sentences by themselves.
“A gliding frog can leap from the top of a rain forest tree and glide for fifty feet using large webbed feet.”
“Strawberry dart poison frogs are probably the hardest-working parents of all.”
Curriculum Connections
Use this book to discuss animal life needs, characteristics, changes in their life cycles, and adaptations to thier environment. Themes in this book correlate with Virginia SOLs 1.5, 2.4, 3.4, and 4.4.
Additional Resources
- Here’s a thematic unit plan on frogs.
- Send your students to Frogland to learn more about frogs. It has activities, jokes, facts, news, and information about saving the frogs.
- Sing fun frog songs and tell jokes.
- Find out more about the author, Nic Bishop.
Book: Frogs
Author/ Photographer: Nic Bishop
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 48 pages
Grade Range: 1-3
ISBN-13: 9780439877558