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K-3Kingfisher Readers series.
Bright, crisp color photographs star in this early reader about frogs and their life cycle. The book jumps abruptly and briefly to toads ("Toads are a lot like frogs. Toads have bumpy skin"), which may confuse some young readers. Otherwise, the information is straightforward, and the simple, spare text is engagingly written. Glos.