A great book - beautiful pictures and interesting, easy to understand text. A must for frog & toad lovers everywhere.
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Booklist said it best "Frogs are cool." They are also wierd. What is great about Herpetologist Beltz's books is that she fully knows both, but leans a bit on wierd side. You'll learn everything you want to know about frogs, biology to mythology, but you will also see photos never before shown anywhere of frogs doing, well, not exactly froggy things.
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Ellin Beltz has written a compelling, colorful, and accessible volume that will give the reader a true appreciation for frogs and a lot of useful information - even for those who thought they already knew quite a bit about frogs! Children will certainly enjoy the beautiful photos of frogs, but this is not a children's book; reading and understanding the text will require at least a "middle school" to high school level of...
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This is a book that one truly can judge by its inviting cover, since the pages are every bit as captivating. The text is filled with authoritative information, presented in an accessible, even lively, style. Every frog family makes an appearance in a spectacular album, along with extraordinary facts - some fascinating, others heart-breaking. As a frog-o-phile of nearly four decades I was delighted to receive Frogs: Inside...
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When friends visit, this is the most popular book they browse off my shelf. The writing describes in detail the diversity and lifecycle of frogs in nature, and the human perception of frogs in history and modern times, and the effect that humans have had on frog populations. To top it off, the photos are simply spectacular, and would be worth the price of the book all by themselves.
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