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<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Watch Out for the Big Bad Fish!<\/em> by Sheridan Cain and illustrated by Tanya Linch is a fun story about a young tadpole who wants to jump so badly.\u00a0 As he grows he meets many different animals who are able to jump, teaching him to wait patiently for he will be able to jump one day.\u00a0 Finally the young tadpole grows into a frog, just in time to jump out of the mouth of the Big Bad Fish.<\/p>\n The bright, colorful, torn-paper collages of this book capture children's attention and the repeated "Boing!" onomatopoeia is fun for children.\u00a0 This book is a fun way to teach the life cycle of a frog and the upbeat story has a moral that all children can relate to, having to wait patiently to grow-up.<\/p>\n Curriculum Connections <\/strong><\/p>\n Not only is Look Out for the Big Bad Fish! <\/em>a fun book to read, it also ties in well with the life science SOLs.\u00a0 The book illustrates the changes that the tadpole goes through before he becomes a frog and is able to jump (2.4a).\u00a0 The book also, even though not explicitly, acknowledges that living things are interdependent, the tadpole needs his mother to survive and the Big Bad Fish wants to eat the frog (2.5a).<\/p>\n Additional Resources <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n General Information <\/strong><\/p>\n Watch Out for the Big Bad Fish! by Sheridan Cain and illustrated by Tanya Linch is a fun story about a young tadpole who wants to jump so badly.\u00a0 As he grows he meets many different animals who are able … Continue reading \n
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