Evelyn Wood

A frog's life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about frogs, and their toad cousins, and their fascinating amphibian lives. Frogs live all over the world, even managing to withstand freezing their own bodies. Cold-blooded, but astonishingly similar to animals biologically, they perhaps offer a glimpse of a common ancestor. From an egg protected and nourished by frogspawn through its development first as the vegetarian fish like tadpole to becoming the carnivorous frog "A frog's life" is a journey of discovery into the lives and habits of one of nature's most treasured and diverse creatures. Worshiped as a goddess by the Egyptians and for many cultures a symbol of good luck, but for others, a tasty treat. A staple of French cuisine, an invaluable aid to scientists, biologists, Amazonian hunters and an early warning system of ecological problems. A frog's life explores the contribution of these amphibians with Evelyn Wood's usual mix of fact and fun, anatomical diagrams, cartoons a quiz and colouring pages.

Produktdetails

• Exploring with Too Woo Nr.3
• Verlag: too-woo com
• Seitenzahl: 38
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 216mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 132g
• ISBN-13: 9780993414565
• ISBN-10: 0993414567
• Artikelnr.: 53679041

Autorenporträt

Evelyn Wood was born in Ruislip, then a village but now a suburb of London, England. He dropped out of art school and spent some years working in agriculture before settling down to a career in business. He has authored numerous articles on a wide range of subjects but now concentrates on writing for children.