The Secret Pool

by Kimberly Ridley

Book Overview

Often mistaken for mere puddles in the woods, vernal pools are the source of life for many interesting creatures. If you look carefully, you can find them and be amazed! These secret pools form every year when low places on the forest floor fill up with rain and melted snow. They soon become home to hatching wood frogs, spotted salamanders, and fairy shrimp. Even in late summer and fall, when many vernal pools have shrunk to mud holes, creatures such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884483398
• ISBN13: 9780884483397
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5