Polliwogs

   Come see
   What I found:
   Chubby commas,
   Mouths round,
   Plump babies,
   Stubby as toes.
   Polliwogs!
   Tadpoles!

   Come see
   What I found!
   Frogs-in-waiting--
   Huddled in puddles,
   Snuggled in mud.

Kristine O'Connell George
The Great Frog Race,

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   Am I really a "tadpole rancher"?  

     Well . . .   

     Almost every spring I collect tadpoles from our local creek.  I keep them in a fishbowl on the back patio, and I never get tired of watching those "chubby commas" turn into frogs.  

     After they are grown, I return them to the creek, and keep a few for my garden.
     When I hear croaking on summer nights, I like to think they are my frogs.

Want to know more about tadpoles and frogs? (Sure you do!)

    Frogs at the Exploratorium
 

   Eeek! Raising frogs in the classroom
 

   FROGLAND!!!  
 

   Meet and hear different species of frogs at Lang Elliot's Nature Sounds site