Frog Song

Globally, amphibians are the most endangered vertebrates.

We can help them.

We can be their bridges.

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 ∣ author of Nature’s Best Hope

“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

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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—the sixth mass extinction—that holds potential for as big a birth. With supplemental information, activities, 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.

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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