Hip-pocket papa

When the eggs of the hip-pocket frog hatch, the father sits "while the tadpoles wiggle up his hind legs and into the hidden pockets on his hips." But that is only the beginning of a fascinating adventure--the father must evade predators while searching for the perfect place for his froglets to emerg...

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Main Author: Markle, Sandra
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2010.
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Summary:When the eggs of the hip-pocket frog hatch, the father sits "while the tadpoles wiggle up his hind legs and into the hidden pockets on his hips." But that is only the beginning of a fascinating adventure--the father must evade predators while searching for the perfect place for his froglets to emerge.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781570917080 (reinforced) :
1570917086 (reinforced) :
Author Notes:"Little papa, big job Sandra Markle and Alan Marks, creators of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Award-winning A Mother's Journey, offer an up-close look at the miniature world of the hip-pocket frog. The male Australian hip-pocket frog, no bigger than an adult human's thumbnail, cares for his children as they grow from tadpoles to young froglets inside the pouches on his legs."