The middle-grade book by Brett D. Huson, ... the frog mother, releases her eggs among the aquatic plants of a pond, the tiny tadpoles are left to fend for themselves. As they hatch, ...

Each book documents the various stages of transformation, so that the child reader watches the tiny seed become a seedling, then a tall plant or tree, or sees the tadpole grow legs to become a frog or ...

The paradoxical frog's substantial tadpole is three to four times larger than an adult and measures up to 9 inches (22 centimeters). In comparison, an adult measures up to 3 inches (8 cm) long.

The Irish Peatland Conservation Council have been running their ‘Hop To It Frog Survey’ since 1997, and would be delighted to receive your records of spawn, tadpoles or adult frogs.

JOSHUA Brennan, above, checked out more than books at Cowley Library on Wednesday. The Oxford 12-year-old took part in a mini pond-dipping session organised by the Oxford Urban Wildlife Group ...