The Book of Frogs: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the WorldWith over 7,000 known species, frogs display a stunning array of forms and behaviors. A single gram of the toxin produced by the skin of the Golden Poison Frog can kill 100,000 people. Male Darwin's Frogs carry their tadpoles in their vocal sacs for sixty days before coughing them out into the world. The Wood Frogs of North America freeze every winter, reanimating in the spring from the glucose and urea that prevent cell collapse. The Book of Frogs

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Chapman's glowing acrylics create a joyful atmosphere in a story that obliquely references Thanksgiving

and they would rejoice in hers

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necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture

In evocative verse and stunning artwork

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This is an exciting introduction to the global seed-swapping and grassroots gardening movement

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