From Tadpole to Frog

Series: Scholastic Science Readers Level 1

by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

This simple explanation of how a tadpole becomes a frog allows readers to watch a tiny jelly egg become a tadpole with a tail, then hatch and grow four legs and eventually mature into a full-grown frog.

Ages: 6, 7, 5
Interest Level: Grades K - 2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.6
Lexile Measure: 680L
DRA: 16
Guided Reading: J
Genre: Informational, Series

About the Author

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more than sixty books, many about dinosaurs. When she's not reading, researching, writing, or editing, Kathleen loves to spend her free time exploring, doing fieldwork, and preparing fossils in the laboratory for her local natural history museums.