The Frog Mother
What's The Frog Mother About
To the Gitxsan of Northwestern British Columbia, Nox Ga’naaw is a storyteller, speaking truths of the universe. After Nox Ga’naaw, the frog mother, releases her eggs among the aquatic plants of a pond, the tiny tadpoles are left to fend for themselves. As they hatch, grow legs, and transform into their adult selves, they must avoid the mouths of hungry predators. Will the young frogs survive to spawn their own eggs, continuing a cycle 200 million years in the making?Book four of the Mothers of Xsan series follows the life cycle of the columbia spotted frog. Learn about why this species is of special significance to the Gitxsan and how Nox Ga’naaw and her offspring are essential to the balance that is life.
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Natasha Donovan is a freelance artist and illustrator from Vancouver, British Columbia. Her sequential work has been published in The Other Side anthology and will appear in the forthcoming anthology This Place: 150 Years Retold. She is the illustrator of the award-winning children’s book, The Sockeye Mother. Natasha is a member of the Métis Nation of British Columbia.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781553799016
- Publication Date
- April 27, 2021
- Publisher
- Highwater Press
- Page Count
- 32
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lexile® Level
- 1010L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~X
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~6.8
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