Red-Eyed Tree Frog

In a tropical rain forest in Central America, a red-eyed tree frog spends the night looking for food while avoiding potential predators.

Award-winning photographer Nic Bishop's larger-than-life, gorgeous images document the hunt, which ends happily with the frog settling down in the leaves to spend his daylight hours sleeping! Joy Cowley's simple, readable text makes the frog's story fun, interesting, and accessible to young readers. This is a nature tale like you've never seen before!

Author: Joy Cowley
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 03/01/1999
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.72h x 10.42w x 0.35d
ISBN: 9780590871754
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 44572 / Red-Eyed Tree Frog


Award: Texas 2x2 Reading List - Recommended
Award: Bookseller's Choice - Winner
Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Winner
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 01/01/1999 pg. 64
School Library Journal 03/01/1999 pg. 190
Booklist 05/15/1999 pg. 1696
Booklist 12/01/1999 pg. 699
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2000 pg. 824
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1999 pg. 344 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/2000 pg. 1342
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 344 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
Joy Cowley began to write for children as a way to help her son with his reading. Since then, she has written over 400 books for early readers, including the Boston Globe/Horn Book winner Red-Eyed Tree Frog, Mrs. Wishy-Washy, Big Moon Tortilla, and Gracias, The Thanksgiving Turkey. Her latest title is Chameleon, Chameleon, which is a follow-up to the Red-Eyed Tree Frog. She currently writes for both adults and children.In grade school, Joy was struggled with reading. However, when she discovered the adventures found in books, she forgot that she couldn't read. By the age of 11, I was a book addict who haunted the local library, says Joy. And like all children who over-dose on reading, I penned the overflow. Writing too, became an addiction.She married a farmer when she was twenty-years-old, lived on a dairy farm and raised four children. During those years I milked cows, changed diapers, made puppets and play dough and wrote short stories in the evenings. Joy states. An editor in New York read one of those stories, reprinted in Short Story International. That query led to five novels for adults. She was also writing stories for her son Edward, who was a slow reader. These little stories made their way to other children, other schools and by the early 1970s, teachers were making big books from them to use with their students. Can you get these stories published? they asked.Joy is still writing full-time. These days the creative hours are divided between adult writing - articles, spiritual reflection material, stories and novels - and books for children.Joy Cowley lives in New Zealand with her family.
Sibert Medalist Nic Bishop is the author and photographer of many award-winning books for children, including Red-Eyed Tree Frog; Chameleon, Chameleon; Nic Bishop Spiders; and most recently, Nic Bishop Snakes. He has a doctorate in biological sciences and a passionate interest in many of the smaller animals on our planet. Nic lives in New Zealand. Visit him online at nicbishop.com.