Leaps and Bounce

A delightful book for young learners as they continue learning about nature's creatures! Great condition and speedy delivery!

Great story!

This picture book with its double spread pages is all about the process that occurs in a pond and ultimately results in a frog hopping about. First there are the "polka-dotted eggs", then little critters emerge with "splish-splashing tails" before the four-footed frogs begin hopping about.The rhymed text makes this a growing up story smaller children can easily follow and the author doesn't let the biological science get in the way or cause confusion (the child can figure that part out later). So have fun with the catchy narrative and humorous, cartoon like illustrations as you watch the tadpole to frog transformation take place. For children three years of age and older.....enjoy!

This book delivers the facts about the frog life cycle in perfect picture book style. The words are fun, designed for read aloud and just right for the preschool set. The details about eggs, tadpoles, and adult frogs are woven into the text with sensory words and onomatopoeia. My one complaint was the foldouts. The format was meant to engage, surprise, and echo the bouncy theme, but the foldouts are not consistently placed, making it difficult for the target age to realize they're coming. Foldouts are also notoriously easy to damage and prohibitive in a library or classroom setting. However, the book's overall charm and execution are spot on and refreshing. A great concept beautifully realized.

A playful, rhyming text that introduces readers to the life cycle of the frog-- "Round and spotted, polka-dotted, eggs aboard a bubble boat--Watch them dip and dive and float"--and how every living thing changes as it grows. This would be great for reading aloud in the k-1 classroom- lots of opportunities to play with language as well as learn content--for fun or as part of a unit of study. Would pair nicely with Fabulous Frogs by Martin Jenkins.