This is a cool nonfiction book for kids that really helps explain the life cycle of baby frogs from conception to adulthood, including several kid-attracting photgraphs. It would be difficult to use, even in pieces, for a read-aloud however as many of the facts made me chuckle too much to ever say in front of kids with a straight face (ex: "during mating, the females give off a thick, sticky liquid and whip it with their hind legs until it's stiff like egg whites" while describing the nests some of the frog species will make). However, I think this would be a very useful book for an older kid doing a science project on frogs. I particularly like the experiment suggested at the back of the book. ( )