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Frog or Toad?
One has wet skin. The other is dry and bumpy. One is thin and lean and the other is fat and round. One is a frog and one is a toad. Do you know which animal is which? Author Melissa Stewart guides readers through the many differences between frogs and toads. The simple text and stunning photographs will engage and delight young readers as they increase critical thinking skills and learn about these special animals.
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As each book's subtitle ("How Do You Know?') states, this series attempts to clear up common confusions when distinguishing between two similar kinds of animals. Two-page spreads ask a simple question superimposed on bright, detailed close-up photographs of the animal or body part. Answers and subsequent questions are found in easy to read, colored circles. A summary page presents a photo of each animal with specific information labeled. An additional chapter includes a page that gives one more interesting fact about each animal. What makes this series so outstanding is the excellent close-up photography. Readers can easily see the differences between the animals without being bogged down by overwhelming text. These high quality books would be a welcome addition to an elementary animal science collection. They will be appreciated by animal lovers browsing the collection and classroom teachers presenting a beginning lesson on animal biology. A creative language arts teacher might even employ these volumes in a unit on opposites/antonyms and synonyms, drawing parallels from the animal world. Bibliography. Glossary. Websites. Index., Library Media Connection August/September 2011
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