This is a nonfiction book is about frogs. It details frogs of different regions of the world, their habitats, physiology, life cycle, and appetite. The book explains specific and interesting defense mechanisms used by frogs, such as the strawberry poison dart frog, which has a very toxic poison which it secretes out its skin. An interesting fact described in the book is that frogs have see-through eye lids. The book provides detailed text that highlights interesting facts, by using different colored font, accompanied with brilliantly colored photographs. When talking about a certain fact about the frog, there is a picture to go along with what the fact it is talking about. The pictures show the vibrant colors, sizes, shapes and other unique characters of each frog, which help the reader get an up close and personal look of what the frog looks like. The high definition real-life pictures bring a whole new dimension of description and describes in pictures what the author is conveying in the text. The background color of each page is composed of nature-like colors. The end of the book offers an index, glossary, and background information about the author, who is also the photographer. This would be a useful read aloud book for science teachers when starting a frog or life cycle unit.
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