Welcome

Welcome to issue 22 of Green Kids. For this issue we visited the local wildlife pond to find out about frogs and other amphibians. You can find out how to attract frogs and toads to your garden, make your own origami hopping frog and do some colouring on the back page.

Contents:

3 All about frogs 4 Origami Frog 5 In the kitchen 6 Your Letters 8 Colouring

fact

There are

around 474 0

species of

frog!

What is an amphibian?

A creature that can live on water and

on land. Frogs are amphibians, so are

toads, newts and salamanders.

What’s t hediffere nce betwee n frogs and toa ds? Most frogs have teet h (in the u pper ja ws only) b ut toads d o not have any tee th. Frogs lay their e ggs in clu sters w hile toads lay their e ggs in a lo ng stra nd. The sk in of frog s is differe nt to o, it is slim y and smo oth, and toads usu ally have dry warty skin. F rogs have strong w ebbed bac k feet fo r hopping , while to ads have short legs, suit able for w alking.

Editor Melissa Corkhill Design Jez Harris. Green Kids is printed on recycled paper using vegetable based inks. To write to us: Green Kids, PO Box 104, Lewes, BN7 9AX Tel: 01825 872858 Website: www.thegreenparent.co.uk With thanks to www.papercrane.org for origami