Red-Eyed Tree Frog

by Joy Cowley

Book Overview

In a tropical rain forest in Central America, a red-eyed tree frog spends the night looking for food while avoiding potential predators.

Award-winning photographer Nic Bishop's larger-than-life, gorgeous images document the hunt, which ends happily with the frog settling down in the leaves to spend his daylight hours sleeping! Joy Cowley's simple, readable text makes the frog's story fun, interesting, and accessible to young readers. This is a nature tale like you've never seen before!

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590871757
• ISBN13: 9780590871754
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.4" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

little green friends...

Bought it for a friend who is totally frog-crazy, and she really enjoyed it alot, althought it is intended for children the photos are really amazing.

Like OMG! it was a GRRRRRRRREAT book!!

like omg! it was such a GRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAATTTTT book. it was like so cool!

Both of my children love this book!

My 2 year old likes to yell, "Look out frog," "Jump," and "Crunch, crunch, crunch," at the appropriate pages. My four year old likes it, too. The pictures are nice and vibrant. This is one of their favorites.

Eager Red-eyed Tree Frog reader

The cover photograph of an alert red-eyed tree frog immediately captures attention and invites one into the book. The close-up photographs are of great clarity and interest with one or two sentences of simple text for each one. Shown are some other animal life forms in the frog's habitat. These are introduced as are the frog's daily cycles, its prey, and its enemies. It shows how the frog eludes them. This book concludes with "Did You Know?" which is two pages with facts about its habitat, physiology and life cycle, which were not covered in the story. This section includes small photographs that illustrate its size, toe suckers, and how it sleeps blending into the environment with its unusual eyes closed. This truly delightful book gives a surprising amount of information. It would appeal to any age level, though its simple text is designed for a younger audience. It would also be an excellent addition for English Language Learners or other Special Needs people. This wonderful introduction of this endearing creature is sure to be loved by frog aficionados. I highly recommend this book.