Frogs Swallow With Their Eyes!: Weird Facts About Frogs, Snakes, Turtles, & Lizards : A Weird-But-True Book

by Melvin A. Berger, Gilda Berger

Shares unusual facts and jokes about reptiles and amphibians

Genres: Science

64 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1997

Reviews

[Debra]

Fairly detailed book on Amphibians, salamanders and Caecillians. It will probably be too detailed for a regular sit down read, but a great resource of information for the time you need to answer questions I didn't even know existed. Also, Great photo-like illustrations.
What caught my eye was, of course, the cover - a blue frog - and the title - really frogs swallow with their eyes. Who knew? Well, probably every 10 year old, but I didn't.
Great resource for a unit study. And be sure you go out in the spring and look in puddles and streams for eggs and tadpoles. A call to your local state park or nature center might point you in the right direction.

[Rod Brown]

Like the other books in the series, this is a trivia book that is a bit boring to read straight through at one shot. The information is interesting, but the presentation is dull. The pictures of frogs, salamanders and newts are not nearly as visually appealing as the whales and polar bears in the previous books I've read.