Frog Song
Cover illustration by Bonnie Gordon-Lucas based on Robin D. Moore's signature photo of an Amazon gladiator frog.
“This imaginative story of a treefrog from Panama brings to light the desperate plight of frogs and salamanders around the globe. In Frog Song, Megan Hollingsworth skillfully uses poetry and prose to highlight this important conservation issue for children and adults alike.”
—Douglas W. Tallamy ∣ Homegrown National Park founder and author of Nature’s Best Hope
"Although death and extinction are difficult to think about, the themes raised in Frog Song have been valuable for our children's development. Our eight-year-old said he learned things he didn't know and enjoyed the illustrations. Our twelve-year-old said it's good that Megan Hollingsworth wrote a book like this."
—Donald Edward Winslow, Ph.D. ∣ ecologist and assistant professor—Indiana Academy
“For older kids ready to engage with the tough climate issues alongside Toughie the frog, this lovely book offers robust information, resources, engagement options, and a reflective hint at new ways of seeing our complex predicament.”
—Leslie Davenport ∣ CIIS Climate Psychology lead and author of All Things Under the Sun: How to Deal with Climate Change and What To Do When Climate Change Scares You
read Leslie Davenport’s full review here
“Frog Song is a solid foundation and catalyst for an individual or group study of multiple subjects from amphibians to extinction to death and loss. Importantly, Frog Song’s content can move study on to creating action plans. Action is where hope grows.”
—Julie Hancock ∣ retired elementary and middle school science teacher
read Julie Hancock’s full review here
Written by Megan Hollingsworth and illustrated by Bonnie Gordon-Lucas, Frog Song features an interspecies love poem inspired by the life of Toughie, the last known living Rabbs’ fringe-limbed treefrog, whose story is part of a big death that holds potential for as big a birth. With Toughie’s true story, information on the global ecological health crisis, activities, conservation homework options, and resources for further learning, Frog Song supports imagination put to practical action for everyone’s benefit.
Frog Song is recommended for readers ages 9 and up. The limited first edition sewn hardcover is offered online and through independent bookstores at the cost of printing responsibly with Calverts North Star Press, a worker-owned cooperative based in Bethnal Green, east London.
illustrator:
BONNIE GORDON-LUCAS is an illustrator, animal lover, and visual communicator. Bonnie’s paintings are inspired by song titles, famous quotes, twisted misquotes, limericks, lyrics, and poems. Bonnie’s clients include The American Cancer Society, Kar-Ben Publishing, No Starch Press, Sunrise Greetings, Cricket Magazine, Riley Hospital for Children, Author House, Pittspopany Press, and Bahai Resources.
design and editing:
ROSEMARY MIDDLEBROOK, SARAH KATREEN HOGGATT, and GRACE VEJVODA
Frog Song is also available through the following independent bookstores:
The Pendle Hill Bookstore (Wallingford, PA), Morgenstern Books (Bloomington, IN), Fact & Fiction (Missoula, MT), Elk River Books (Livingston, MT), and Country Bookshelf (Bozeman, MT)
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