Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Ellen Huber Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed in the United States of America Photographs by Alamy Danita Delimont Image Quest Marine Prisma Bildagentur AG Kevin Schafer Bigstock alptraum odvdveer Biosphoto Renaud Fulconis Getty Images Michael Dunning George Grall National Geographic Gary Mezaros Visuals Unlimited Inc iStockphoto Antagain Norbert Bieberstein Adam Gryko Jiˇrí Hodeˇcek malerapaso Lee Pettet Photo Researchers Dante Fenolio Photolibrary Oxford Scientific Shutterstock hagit berkovich SuperStock Flirt imagebroker net Minden Pictures Veer kikkerdirk stevebyland Copyright 2013 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Riggs Kate Frog Kate Riggs p cm Grow with me Includes bibliographical references and index Summary An exploration of the life cycle and life span of frogs using up-close photographs and step by-step text to follow a frog’s growth process from egg to tadpole to froglet to mature amphibian ISBN 978-1-60818-216-9 hard cover ISBN 978-1-56660-158-0 eBook 1 Frogs Life cycles Juvenile literature I Title QL668 E2R53 2012 597 8’9 dc23 2011040499 First Edition 987654321
TA B L E O F CO N T E N TS Frogs 4 Water Creatures 6 Floating Frogspawn 9 From Egg to Larva 10 Tadpole Tales 13 Changing Shape 14 A Froglet Grows 16 Air-breathing Adults 18 Snatching Prey 20 Long Live the Frog 22 Mating Calls 25 Eggs-treme Measures 26 Death of a Frog 29 Life Cycle 30 Glossary 31 Web Sites 32 Read More 32 Index 32
FROGS Frogs are amphibians am-FIH-bee-enz Amphibians can live in fresh water and on land Frogs have short bodies long legs webbed or sticky feet and large eyes They do not have tails 4 Frogs live in or near ponds lakes or rivers They like living in warm places such as tropical rainforests A few kinds of frogs live in dry deserts or very cold places They bury themselves underground when it is too hot or cold There are more than 4,000 frog species around the world
Many tree frog species live in forests all across South America 5
