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Toad Heaven

Author : Morris Gleitzman

Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers

Page : 210 pages

File Size : 31,53 MB

Release : 2008-12-18

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0307548147

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In the hysterically funny sequel to Toad Rage, Limpy is on a quest to find toad heaven. A place where cane toads won’t be blown up with bike pumps or bashed over the head with folding chairs. Limpy’s determined to find this place if it takes him the rest of his life, but his plans are waylaid when he’s kidnapped by some sinister-looking humans and tossed into a bucket. Will Limpy be able to save cane toads? Will he be able to find toad heaven? First he has to get out of the bucket. . . .



Toad Away

Author : Morris Gleitzman

Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers

Page : 210 pages

File Size : 31,43 MB

Release : 2008-12-18

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0307548139

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Limpy the toad has a vision. A world where cane toads and humans play mudslides together and help each other with the shopping. But how does a young cane toad discover the ancient secret of living in peace with humans?



Toad Rage

Author : Morris Gleitzman

Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers

Page : 178 pages

File Size : 36,28 MB

Release : 2008-12-18

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0307548155

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Limpy’s family reckons humans don’t hate cane toads, but Limpy knows otherwise. He’s spotted the signs: the cross looks, the unkind comments, the way they squash cane toads with their cars. Limpy is desperate to save his species from ending up as pancakes. Somehow he must make humans see how fabulous cane toads really are. Risking everything, he sets off on a wart-tinglingly dangerous and daring journey to . . . the Olympics? This is the epic story of a slightly squashed young cane toad’s quest for the truth.



Toad Is the Uncle of Heaven

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Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 36 pages

File Size : 13,18 MB

Release : 1989-09-15

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780805011470

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Toad Is the Uncle of Heaven A Vietnamese Folk TaleAn NCSS-CBC Notable Book in the Field of Social Studies



Toad Rage

Author : Morris Gleitzman

Publisher : Yearling

Page : 178 pages

File Size : 13,91 MB

Release : 2005-01-11

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0375827633

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Limpy’s family reckons humans don’t hate cane toads, but Limpy knows otherwise. He’s spotted the signs: the cross looks, the unkind comments, the way they squash cane toads with their cars. Limpy is desperate to save his species from ending up as pancakes. Somehow he must make humans see how fabulous cane toads really are. Risking everything, he sets off on a wart-tinglingly dangerous and daring journey to . . . the Olympics? This is the epic story of a slightly squashed young cane toad’s quest for the truth.



Toad Surprise

Author : Morris Gleitzman

Publisher : Penguin Group Australia

Page : 128 pages

File Size : 29,10 MB

Release : 2008-10-27

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 014330416X

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From the muddy swamp that brought you Toad Rage, Toad Heaven andToad Away comes Limpy, Charm and Goliath's fourth hilarious adventure.Limpy has a dream. A dream where cane toads and humans live happily together. Surely this time Limpy will be able to show humans how nice cane toads can be? After all, it isChristmas. And isn't Christmas a time of peace and goodwill to all men? And cane toads?The wart-tingling escapade of one slightly squashed cane toad's hunt for friendship and the surprising place he finds it.



Frog Heaven

Author : Doug Wechsler

Publisher : Boyds Mills Press

Page : 60 pages

File Size : 38,90 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9781590782538

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Book Description

Examines the functions and features of a vernal pool where salamanders, wood frogs, tree frogs, and other native inhabitants live and breed, enhanced with full-color photographs from the author of Bizarre Bugs.



Jennifer Murdley's Toad

Author : Bruce Coville

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Page : 177 pages

File Size : 20,84 MB

Release : 2015-03-17

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0547540965

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Book Description

In this magical fantasy adventure by the award-winning author of Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, a talking toad takes a girl on a wild ride. Jennifer Murdley has always wanted to be pretty. That’s why she’s so surprised to leave Mr. Elives’s magic shop with a particularly ugly toad. As her worst enemy says, “A toad for a toad.” But this toad can talk. And what it has to say sets Jennifer off on a journey that leads her into the company of the Immortal Vermin and straight to the Beauty Parlor of Doom . . . where she comes face-to-face with her deepest fears and dreams. Jennifer Murdley would give anything to be beautiful. But sometimes anything is too high a price to pay. “Endlessly funny . . . . A roller-coaster ride of a story, full of humor and even wisdom.” —Kirkus Reviews “Fast-moving with slapstick humor . . . . Recommended.” —Horn Book



The Hidden Life of a Toad

Author : Doug Wechsler

Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.

Page : 53 pages

File Size : 36,80 MB

Release : 2020-12-23

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1684520819

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In jaw-dropping photos, Doug Wechsler captures the life cycle of the American toad from egg to tadpole to adult. To get these images, Wechsler sat in a pond wearing waders, went out night after night in search of toads, and cut his own glass to make a home aquarium. The resulting photos reveal metamorphosis in extreme close-up as readers have never seen it before. Budding naturalists will be transfixed by this unprecedented peek into the secrets of tadpole transformation. A book that encourages observation and conservation and may start some young biologists off on their own lifelong quests to understand animals — Kirkus Reviews, starred review A fascinating look at toad development — Booklist, starred review Suitable for libraries needing to bolster their early nonfiction collections — School Library Journal A remarkable visual chronicle of an easily overlooked creature — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Chicago Public Library’s 2017 Best of the Best Books selection 2018 Green Earth Book Honor for Children’s nonfiction



Heaven Is a Long Way Off

Author : Win Blevins

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 292 pages

File Size : 26,91 MB

Release : 2007-08-28

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780765344847

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Seasoned fur trapper and mountain man Sam Morgan faces the most daunting task of his adventuresome life, as he makes a long trek from Wyoming to Santa Fe, in this harrowing tale.