The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery
Written by Sandra Markle
Narrated by Intuitive
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About this audiobook
Panamanian golden frogs aren't just cute, little, and yellow. They're also the national symbol of Panama. But they started to disappear about fifteen years ago. What's killing them? Could it be a change in their habitat? What about pollution? Might it be a result of climate change? Follow a team of scientists working to save these frogs and protect frog populations worldwide in this real-life science mystery.
Sandra Markle
Sandra Markle is the author of numerous award-winning books for children. A former elementary science teacher, she is a nationally-known science education consultant. Markle has received many honors for her series Animal Predators, Animal Scavengers, and Animal Prey. Several titles have been named as National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)/Children’s Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, and Animal Predators was honored as a Top 10 Youth Nonfiction Series by Booklist. Markle is also the author of the Insect World series and several single titles. Her book Rescues! was named a Best Book by the Society of School Librarians International and a Recommended Title of Outstanding Nonfiction by the National Council of Teachers of English’s (NCTE) Orbis Pictus Award committee; Animal Heroes was named a 2008 Lasting Connections title by Book Links. Markle lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida with her husband, photographer Skip Jeffery.
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Reviews for The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good book i loved it ? ? ? good book
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book fit perfectly into our frog unit on adaptations and survival. It was very long, too long to read to my third graders. They loved the photos, and I paraphrased a lot of the text. It was a great text to use to spark discussion and form hypothesis around. Students were able to see how scientists are not only knowledgable in their field, but they are also problem-solvers out in the world. Many students wanted to continue research on the golden frog, and others wanted to create posters to raise awareness after listening to the story. It was also a good book to read to my students, because it does not follow the traditional sequence of a text that has a "solution" or "happy ending".
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Science and mystery come together in the this story about Golden Frogs. It is filled with information about the what, who, how and why and has suggested readings and websites for further exploration. This would be a wonderful book to share when discussing vanishing animals.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An engaging, interesting and attractively designed work from a veteran author of many excellent science books for children.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Following the scientific struggle to discover why Panama's beloved golden frog has died off at an alarming rate, Markle's information packed text lives up to the "Mystery" in its subtitle. The format, which first postulates a possible reason for the decline of the frog population - such as climate change or pollution - explains how and why each potential problem could be destructive, before ultimately rejecting it as the cause of the frog deaths, keeps the reader engaged and at the edge of their seat, anticipating the reveal of the real culprit. The photographic illustrations, including one of a frog being eaten by wasps, work well in concert with the deftly written prose. While this true tale doesn't have a happy ending just yet - the frogs, while now safe in captivity, are extinct, or nearly so, in the wild - it provides a fascinating, if somewhat somber, look into the complex world of biological research.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The golden frog is a traditional symbol of good luck in Panama, and at one time there were millions living in the Central American rain forest. In 1996, the frogs began to disappear, and scientists discovered that they were dying in huge numbers -- and the ones that were alive were more often than not very ill. In the Fortuna Forest Reserve in Chiriqui, biologist Karen Lips worked to figure out what was causing this: was it pollution? Disease? Climate changes? If it turned out to be one of those problems, what would it take to solve it, and save the golden frog from extinction? Excellent writing about real science and real issues! 6th grade and up. Review copy received from publisher.