Fabulous Frogs
By (Author) Martin Jenkins
Illustrated by Tim Hopgood
Walker Books Ltd
Walker Books Ltd
1st August 2016
4th August 2016
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
597.89
Short-listed for SLA Information Book Award 2016 (UK)
Paperback
32
Width 230mm, Height 250mm, Spine 3mm
180g
A bright, funny Nature Storybook about all kinds of frogs from prize-winning author Martin Jenkins, stylishly illustrated by Tim Hopgood.
Conservation biologist Martin Jenkins takes a funny and affectionate look at frogs around the world, from the mighty West African Goliath frog and colourful South American Poison Arrow frog to the south-east Asian Flying frog and the humble frog in your garden pond. Both author and illustrator delight in the diversity and occasional weird behaviour of these small and much loved creatures. Tim Hopgood's bold and playful illustrations succeed in capturing each frog's defining characteristics, and the largest and smallest frogs in the world are drawn to scale which helps bring them to life even more. An engaging and informative book with captions, fact pages and an index.
Martin Jenkins has written many groundbreaking non-fiction books for Walker: Can We Save the Tiger, The Story of Money and Ape to name a few. He has won several awards for his writing including the 1998 TES Information Book of the Year Junior Award for The Emperor's Egg, and he is the reteller of Don Quixote and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver, both illustrated by Chris Riddell. Jonathan Swift's Gulliver won the 2005 Kate Greenaway Medal. Martin lives in Cambridge.
Tim Hopgood is a popular, stylish and award-winning author and illustrator whose books for children include Here Comes Frankie!, winner of the Booktrust Best Emerging Illustrator Award 2008, Wow! said the Owl, shortlisted for the Booktrust Early Years Award 2009, Tip Tap Went the Crab, nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2010, and Big, nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2014. Tim lives in Yorkshire.