Catalog Search Results
1) Toad
Author
Publisher
MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Sally Gunnar has withdrawn from the world. She spends her days alone at home, reading drugstore mysteries, polishing the doorknobs, waxing the floors. Her only companions are a vase of godfish, a garden toad, and the door-to-door salesman who sells her cleaning suplies once a month. She broods over her deepest regrets: her blighted romances with self-important men, her lifelong struggle to feel at home in her body, and her wayward early twenties,...
2) The toad
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents facts about toads, covering anatomy, eating habits, and life cycle.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In Frog or Toad?, beginning readers will learn to spot the differences between these hopping amphibians. Carefully leveled text relays what the animals look like and how they behave. Each page then asks readers to name which animal is shown in the photo. Answers appear upside down on the bottom of each page, making reading for learning interactive and fun. A See and Compare spread shows and labels each animal side by side, while a Quick Facts feature...
11) Project toad
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Jina Jeong loves pandas, but a visit to the zoo introduces her to a local endangered species, the Houston toad, and teaches her that it is not only cute and cuddly animals that need to be protected.
12) Frog vs. Toad
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Frog is a frog and Toad is a toad. They are clearly totally different from each other. So when an unlucky fly mistakes Frog and Toad for two frogs, the two are determined to set the record straight. After all, Toad is obviously stronger, while Frog is unmistakably the superior hopper and before long, things start to get a bit heated among the amphibian population in the swamp. But when the two rivals have a close encounter with a snappy alligator,...
Author
Series
Magic shop books (Bruce Coville) volume 3
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When an ordinary-looking fifth grader purchases a talking toad, she embarks on a series of extraordinary adventures.
18) Frogs and toads
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Meet the frogs and toads of the world! Wallace introduces young readers to some frogs and toads, and shows you how they differ.
Interlibrary Loan Request
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Des Moines Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? If the item was published recently, submit a purchase suggestion. Submit Request