Frogs, Toads & Turtles: Take Along Guide (Take Along Guides)

This is the first book we got in the Take-Along-Guide series and we love it and plan to collect them all. The illustrations are lovely (although I find photos easier for a true guide book) but the brief diet and habitat notes were perfect for my 4yr son. The size guide and ruler on the back of the book were great to help my son get a feel for the differences in the species. Great for young scientists and explorers (I would say 4-8yr). Older children and adults will probably want more info than this book provides.

I also recommend the One Small Square books by Donald M. Silver. [..]

I originally bought this book for an eight-year-old child to read, but before I would give it to him, I wanted to read it over and see if it was appropriate for his age. I think this book is good for children ages 8 and up. The reading about the Frogs, Toads and Turtles is very interesting and well-written, though brief. The pictures vividly display God's creatures. There is more than adequate space of four blank pages left in the back of the book for free drawing by the child, besides two pages for an arts and crafts project of making a turtle out of construction paper. The free drawing pages, the child can do on his own, however, the arts and crafts project may need an adult to help him with, unless the child is older than ten. When going camping as a family, this book can be helpful to use as a guide for looking for toads, frogs and/or turtles, and it can prove to be very handy. Just to read about these animals without the camping trip, can be interesting reading for adults to children, as well as for the child to read alone, depending upon their age, and for interested adults to learn about too.

I love these guides. They are perfect for younger children who can't handle a lot of detailed prose. The sketches are charming, yet accurate. The information is geared to what a child might want to know, yet it is complete and it doesn't talk down to children. I'm not sure why they included turtles along with amphibians, but that's my only complaint. Maybe they could have called it pond life.

I love this book, the illustrations are great and information is awesome. Not just a field guide also has fun craft or art ideas for kids. The back has a view pages to put photographs. At first I thought the back was for sketches but the paper is too glossy to do that. Overall this was a great book in our homeschooling when studying frogs, toads, and turtles.

We purchased this book (and several others like it, but different topics) for our grandchildren. My husband and I both looked at them when they came and we loved them ourselves! The pictures are great and the print is the perfect size. I think it gives enough information, but not too much information. It's not so long that the kids will get bored before they are finished reading it.

Our newest class pet is a frog, the students loved this book full of information! The book also has an Accelerated Reader comprehension test available.

This is an awesome little book for little ones that are into wildlife. Each species has colorful,well drawn and accurate description. Fun read and great to take along hikes.
3 stars because the book was listed in “Very Good” condition but it arrived covered in hair, brown sticky spots and just generally icky. Pages bend and inner binding was ripped. Awesome book-iffy seller

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This entire series is perfect for a nature homeschool library or for any nature lover really. We love that they can be easily taken out for field learning. They are packed with all kinds of great information too. Worth investing in all the books like this.

The instant my son opened the package he dived right into this book, it was an instant hit! He loves turtles and was thrilled to find information on bullfrogs and other such critters we have already tracked down and raised from tadpoles. I especially love that this book tells the reader where they can find these animals and other valuable information. When the description and images of the book didn’t show any pages I was scared it would be way below my 8 y/o sons reading level - but it was actually spot on! I would definitely recommend this book for an young adventurer that loves to learn facts about these types of animals!