Rosie the Ribeter: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County: 4 (Children's Animal Book) - Hardcover

Pattison, Darcy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1629440736 ISBN 13: 9781629440736

Publisher: Mims House, 2019

Synopsis

Rosie the Ribeter: An Inspiring True Story from the Award-Winning Children's Animal Book Series

Leap into an extraordinary true story that brings science, history, and heart together in one unforgettable adventure with this addition to the popular Children's Animal Book Series!

Amphibian, Bullfrog, Female-Winner!

Every May frog jockeys, people who jump bullfrogs, gather in Angels Camp, California for the annual Frog Jubilee ™. In 1986, a plain female bullfrog named Rosie the Ribeter was among the bullfrogs jumping. Usually males dominate because spring is the season when frogs lay eggs, and the contest rules say no females with eggs can jump. Would she be competitive?

The story begins when Rosie is captured from her moonlit irrigation ditch. When the frog jockeys tested her, she jumped straight. This was important because the competition measures how far a frog jumps from a starting pad for three consecutive jumps. If a frog jumps crooked, it could end up very close to the starting pad. Rosie jumped straight. She would enter the competition! But could she win?

Inspired by Mark Twain's short story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," this children's animal book is perfect for reading aloud to 4-7 year-olds, independent reading for 7-10 year-olds, teaching the STEM/NGSS standards, and family reading time.

CHILDREN'S ANIMAL BOOK SERIES

Bird. Mammal. Marine Mammal. Spider. Amphibian. Reptile. Mollusk.

This series includes the story of the oldest bird in the world, a spider in space, an orphaned puma cub, a bullfrog with a world-record leap, the poignant story of saving a species from extinction, the dolphin who inspired a government to protect him, and a humble snail who teaches us to observe.

The series is much more than just an introduction to the animal kingdom. It chronicles the story of how humans interact with animals in various ways: how we enjoy, challenge, admire, endanger, and save them. It's a fabulous series for kids to learn about the amazing and extraordinary complexity of animals.

• Wisdom, the Midway Albatross: Surviving the Japanese Tsunami and Other Disasters for Over 60 Years, Starred Publisher's Weekly review
• Abayomi, the Brazilian Puma: The True Story of an Orphaned Cub, NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book
• Nefertiti, the Spidernaut: The Jumping Spider Who Learned to Hunt in Space, NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book
• Rosie the Ribeter: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
• Diego, the Giant Galapagos Tortoise: Saving a Species from Extinction, Starred Kirkus Review
• Pelorus Jack, the New Zealand Dolphin: Inspiring a Government to Protect an Individual Animal
• Jeremy, the English Garden Snail: Heredity, Science, and #snaillove,

 

About this title

About the Authors

Children's book author Darcy Pattison finds inspiration in writing about science, nature and history; three of her books have been honored as NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books. Her nature picture books include Nefertiti, the Spidernaut, a 2017 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book and on the Alabama Camellia Book Award list; Abayomi, the Brazilian Puma, a 2015 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book; Wisdom, the Midway Albatross, a starred review in Publisher's Weekly; Desert Baths, a 2013 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book; and, Prairie Storms. Elementary physical science books include Clang! Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments and Burn: Michael Faraday's Candle. The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story was a Junior Library Guild selection and a 2018 NCTE Notable Children's Book in Language Arts. Other picture books include The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman, which received an Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature Honor Book award, starred reviews in BCCB and Kirkus, and has been published in a Houghton Mifflin textbook. She is also the author of middle grade novels and nationally teaches a Novel Revision Retreat. For more, see darcypattison.com/about

Nathaniel Gold is the award-winning author and illustrator of the beloved Chimpman series, as well as Too Much TV Rots Your Brain and Other Poems. He's the illustrator for Wonky: A Robotics Club Story. Nathaniel lives in upstate New York with his wife, two children, and a dog.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mims House
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1629440736
• ISBN 13: 9781629440736
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gold Nathaniel
• Number of pages: 34