Do Frogs Have Fur?

"Who has fuzz and who has fleece? Who has scales and who has an outside skeleton? "Do Frogs Have Fur?" entertaining teaches about the many different coats and coverings that animals have, in this series extension title for the "Animals All Around" books. The nonfiction picture book parallels curriculums for PreK through second grade (ages four though eight) as do the other five series books: "Do Bees Make Butter? A Book About Things Animals Make," "Do Dogs Make Dessert? A Book About How Animals Help Humans," "Do Ducks Live in the Desert? A Book About Where Animals Live," "Do Salamanders Spit? A Book About How Animals Protect Themselves," and "Do Squirrels Swarm? A Book About Animal Groups."

"These books provide information about animals in a question/answer format. Each silly query is followed by a short response. In the first volume, the title question is matched with a brightly colored illustration of a duck wearing sunglasses and standing in the desert. A turn of the page reveals that "No! Ducks live in wetlands" and provides a few more sentences about their behavior in this habitat. A smiling bird is shown skimming across blue water. The pattern is repeated for musk oxen, sloths, water striders, and other creatures, finally ending with a camel and a "Yes!" The same arrangement is used in the second book, in which frogs are featured ("Do frogs have hair?" or "Do frogs have fleece?"). The book ends with "Do frogs have slimy skin?" with an affirmative answer. The heavily outlined, digitally rendered cartoons in bright colors add to the humor of the texts. These titles could be used for a fun group reading but will not fill a need for scientific materials."

"In this humorous book about animal fur and skin, a coat-clad frog beckons the readers on the cover, and inside they find that while frogs don't have fur, polar bears do. A variety of other animals are introduced using the same format. The appendix includes a glossary, index, bibliography, and Web sites. Other titles in the Animals All Around series include Do Dogs Make Dessert? A Book About How Animals Help Humans and Do Salamanders Spit? A Book About How Animals Protect Themselves"