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Sayre, April Pulley

Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale

32 pp. | Greenwillow | May, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-688-16614-8 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-688-16615-6 $$15.89
(2) PS Illustrated by Barbara Bash. "Skitter, skitter, scratch. / She hears soft sounds. / Is this the rain at last?" In this simple, elegant introduction, the spadefoot toad hears sounds made by other creatures while she listens for rain, which she needs to lay her eggs. Bash focuses on the animals--until the rain comes, and the toad emerges into a more subtly shaded landscape. Notes about the toad and other desert animals conclude this life-cycle and habitat sketch.
Reviewer: Margaret A. Bush | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2001

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