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| Face to Face with Frogs (Face to Face with Animals) | 
| Author: Mark Moffett
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
Buy New: $8.43
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 107721
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 10.1 x 0.3
ISBN: 1426302053
Dewey Decimal Number: 597.89
EAN: 9781426302053
ASIN: 1426302053
Publication Date: February 12, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New Publisher's Overstock! May have a small remainder mark.All orders shipped within 1 business day! Delivery confirmation emails including tracking numbers provided on all domestic orders.
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Product Description
You’re two inches away from a poison dart frog. You’re lying on the rainforest floor as she hops toward you, utterly fearless. This deadly terribilis frog has nothing to fear; your fear is that any accidental contact with your skin could mean death! Let Mark W. Moffett, winner of the 2006 Lowell Thomas Medal for Exploration, show you around the diverse world of frogs. Get the expert view on our amphibian friends, from metamorphosis to diet, from habitat to distinctive features; and learn why we urgently need to foster a healthier planet for these sensitive creatures.
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Wondreful Book - for ALL ages !!! March 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is GREAT - I saw it's author on "The Colbert Report" - it received the "Colbert Bump" at least from me (Colbert Nation members will understand) - very interesting for all ages, with beautiful pictures, full color and perspective. It has great illustation and information also. Well worth your money !!!!!
Very cool for kids! March 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A very cool book for kids interested in frogs!
The photography is by a National Geographic photographer who specializes in critters, and is quite outstanding.
Amazing pictures, little actual content. February 24, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this book after seeing Moffett speak on The Colbert Report. I didn't realize it was a kids book, and the page here isn't very explicit about that, though had I looked a little closer I would have seen the reading level category.
Anyway, the pictures are beautiful. It focuses mainly on poison dart frogs, presumably since they're the prettiest looking. Because of that it makes a great coffee table book. And were I a child, it would definitely have been one of my favorites.
Fascinating, with stunning photos February 18, 2008
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Too many science books for kids condescend to their readers, droning on and on with a never-ending list of dry facts. Not this one. The author is obviously a frog lover, and his passion for the creatures rubs off on readers. Mostly written in the first person, his book transports its readers into rain forests around the world, and truly does get "face to face" with dozens of frogs.
Amazon says this book is for kids ages 4 to 8, but I would extend it on up to adults. I learned a lot! For example, I didn't know a poison dart frog mom was a good parent. She carries a tadpole on her back up a tree and gently deposits it into a bromeliad pool. She takes each of her 20 tadpoles to a different spot. Then she visits each of them once a day to feed them an unfertilized egg -- an omelet -- until they transform into tiny frogs.
The first 25 pages are filled with stories like this. The last five offer ideas on how to study frogs, tips on how to help them and some fun facts.
As for the photos, most are close-ups and, since this is a National Geographic book, quite stunning.
Truly astounding!! February 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one of those books that every kid and adult will truly be awed by no matter what level interest they have in frogs. It is full of memorable pictures and fascinating facts. I have one on my coffee table and it always receives rave reviews from people of all ages.
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