Contents 4 Amphibians Around the World 35 Look For Salamander Crossing 38 Try This If You Were a Frog 40 Try This Visit a Pond 42 5 What’s on the Menu 43 Try This A Menu for Café Amphibia 45 Look For Hunt Like an Amphibian 48 Try This Write a Slimy Story 49 6 The Life Cycle 51 Listen For Make a Frog Call 54 Try This Make Faux Frog Eggs 56 Listen For Start a Frog Call Choir 60 Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi 1 What Is an Amphibian 1 Try This Make an Explorer’s Notebook 3 Try This Pack an Amphibian-Watching Kit 8 Try This Change the Freezing Point of Water 10 2 Meet the Families 11 Try This Make Your Own Fossil 17 Look For How to Identify an Amphibian 18 Try This Make a Pond Viewer 22 3 Parts of an Amphibian 25 Try This Make Your Own Frog Slime 28 Try This Lead a Game of Leapfrog 30 Look For Amphibian Tracks 32
Glossary 99 Amphibian Orders 101 Resources 103 Teacher’s Guide 105 Bibliography 107 Index 109 7 Staying Alive 61 Try This The Camouflage Game 63 Try This Make an Origami Frog 66 Try This Make Your Yard Toad-Friendly 70 8 A Dangerous World 71 Try This How Thin Is Frog Skin 75 Try This Making Acid Rain 78 Look For What’s in Your Pond 81 9 Working with Amphibians 83 Try This Write an Amphibian Haiku 85 Try This Write to an Amphibian Scientist 87 Try This Draw a Frog 89 10 How You Can Help 91 Try This Put Up a Poster 93 Try This Make a Toad Abode 95 Try This Track Your Water Usage 97
Acknowledgments I am grateful for the love and support of my husband and kids who continually inspire me and good-naturedly put up with my long hours at the computer I am also grateful to my parents who taught me to love nature and kept me well supplied with books throughout my childhood Huge thanks to Matt Neff for sharing his amphibian exper tise And last but certainly not least many thanks to Victoria Selvaggio for her ongoing support and friendship and to editors Lisa Reardon and Jerome Pohlen who believed in this book and brought it to life FrankWinkler Pixabay ix
