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The common toad responds to a moving insect or worm with a series of prey-catching reactions: (1) orienting towards prey, (2) stalking up to prey, (3) binocular fixation, (4) snapping, (5) swallowing and (6) mouth-wiping with forelimb (Ewert 1974). This series of movement constitutes a stimulus-response chain, where each reaction of the toad ...
Days With Frog and Toad was written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel and published on January 1, 1979 by Harper & Row. [4] It is the fourth book in the Frog and Toad series. It is available in paperback, hardcover, audio, and eBook formats. [5] It is also included as a part of Frog and Toad: A Complete Reading Collection. [6]
Frog and Toad Are Friends is an American children's picture book, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel and published by Harper & Row in 1970. [1] It inaugurated the Frog and Toad series, whose four books each comprise five easy-to-read short stories.
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Some Thoughts on the Common Toad" is an essay published in 1946 by the English author George Orwell. It is a eulogy in favour of spring. The essay first appeared in Tribune on the 12 April 1946, and was reprinted in The New Republic of 20 May 1946. An abridged version, "The Humble Toad", appeared in World Digest in March 1947. [1]
Frog and Toad are Friends was a Caldecott Honor Book, or runner-up for the annual American Library Association (ALA) Caldecott Medal, which recognizes children's picture book illustration. [10] In 2012, it was ranked number 15 among the "Top 100 Picture Books" in a survey published by School Library Journal .
The common toad, European toad, or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the toad (Bufo bufo, from Latin bufo "toad"), is a toad found throughout most of Europe (with the exception of Ireland, Iceland, parts of Scandinavia, and some Mediterranean islands), in the western part of North Asia, and in a small portion of Northwest Africa.
Frog and Toad Together is an American fantasy adventure children's picture book, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel and published by Harper & Row in 1972. [1] It is the second book in the Frog and Toad series. Like each of the other books in the series, it contains five easy-to-read short stories.