Rosie the Ribeter

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

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Darcy Pattison

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Who holds the world record triple jump record - for bullfrogs? Rosie, the Ribeter. She set the record in May 1986 at 21 feet 5 3/4 inches. Her record has stood for over 30 years. This is her story. It all started with Mark Twain and his famous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." After it was published, the Calaveras County fair started the Jumping Frog Jubilee(TM), which has run since 1928. Over the years, the frogs have jumped farther. Why? Scientists say it's because of the frog jockeys, the men and women who catch and jump the frogs. Read this extraordinary story of a man and a frog.

Author Biography:

Children's book author Darcy Pattison finds inspiration in writing about science, nature and history; three of her books have been honored as NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books. Her science/nature picture books include Clang! Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments, a 2019 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book; Nefertiti, the Spidernaut, a 2017 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book and on the Alabama Camellia Book Award list; Abayomi, the Brazilian Puma, a 2015 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book; Wisdom, the Midway Albatross, a starred review in Publisher's Weekly; Desert Baths, a 2013 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book; and, Prairie Storms. Elementary physical science books include Clang! Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments and Burn: Michael Faraday's Candle. The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story was a Junior Library Guild selection and a 2018 NCTE Notable Children's Book in Language Arts. POLLEN: Darwin's 130-Year Prediction is a Junior Library Guild selection. Other picture books include The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman, which received an Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature Honor Book award, starred reviews in BCCB and Kirkus, and has been published in a Houghton Mifflin textbook. She is also the author of middle grade novels and nationally teaches a Novel Revision Retreat. For more, see darcypattison.com/about

Release date Australia

April 12th, 2019

Author

Darcy Pattison

Audience

Children / Juvenile

Contributor

Illustrated by Nathaniel Gold

Illustrations

32 illustrations

Interest Age

From 6 to 10 years

Pages

Dimensions

216x216x6

ISBN-13

9781629440736

Product ID

29781048

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