Frogs Research

When I told my mom I was researching a children’s book about frogs, she was skeptical. How many books about frogs are there already? What could possibly be new and different?

I present to you…the Suriname sea toad. After the female lays the eggs and the male fertilizes them, he nudges them onto her back. Her skin grows up over the eggs. Each egg hatches in its own little skin pocket. The tadpoles develop into frogs there. And finally…they’re big enough to venture out into the world.

It’s horrifying to watch. See, mom?