Reading assessment book for use with the running records on the Columbia University Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Web site. Students will relate to the tiny tadpole as he worries over the changes that are taking place that he has no control over. Will he learn to embrace the changes? GRL: J, RR/DLL: 18, DRA2: 18, Stage: Transitional-Early Fluent, Type: Fiction
What is frogspawn? How do tadpoles swim? When do tadpoles become frogs? Discover the amazing stages of different life cycles and learn how different species are born, grow up, and reproduce with this stunning series. Packed with amazing photographs of every stage, labelled diagrams to explain growth and development, fascinating facts, and discussion points for further learning.
In jaw-dropping photos, Doug Wechsler captures the life cycle of the American toad from egg to tadpole to adult. To get these images, Wechsler sat in a pond wearing waders, went out night after night in search of toads, and cut his own glass to make a home aquarium. The resulting photos reveal metamorphosis in extreme close-up as readers have never seen it before. Budding naturalists will be transfixed by this unprecedented peek into the secrets of tadpole transformation. A book that encourages observation and conservation and may start some young biologists off on their own lifelong quests to understand animals — Kirkus Reviews, starred review A fascinating look at toad development — Booklist, starred review Suitable for libraries needing to bolster their early nonfiction collections — School Library Journal A remarkable visual chronicle of an easily overlooked creature — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Chicago Public Library’s 2017 Best of the Best Books selection 2018 Green Earth Book Honor for Children’s nonfiction
Tadpole loves his rainbow friend, the caterpillar, and she tells him she loves everything about him. "Promise that you will never change," she says. But as the seasons pass and he matures, his legs grow, and then his arms - and what happens to his beautiful rainbow friend? As he sits on his lily pad, digesting a butterfly, Tadpole little realises that now he will never know! Follow the predictable changes of a tadpole and a caterpillar to their natural conclusion in this award winning picture book.