New Children’s Book Reveals the Urgent Race to Protect Panama’s Golden Frogs from a Mysterious, Deadly Disease

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It’s a real-life science mystery. Panamanian golden frogs, the national symbol of Panama, are dying at an alarming rate. Frogs from as far as Australia and the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., have also died from similar symptoms. But what is suddenly killing them? In The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery, award-winning author Sandra Markle follows a team of scientists who are trying to uncover what is devastating the national symbol of Panama.

They’re cute, little, and yellow, but soon Panamanian golden frogs could disappear. A rapidly spreading disease is killing as many as 80 percent of frogs living in an area. Could these deaths be caused by a change in their habitat? What about pollution? Might it be a result of climate change? Published by Millbrook Press, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs allows readers to join scientists in the urgent race to protect frog populations worldwide.

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About the Author
Sandra Markle is the author of numerous award-winning books for children. A former elementary science teacher, she is a nationally known science education consultant and has developed science specials for CNN and PBS and an award-winning, Internet-based education program for the National Science Foundation. Markle lives in New Zealand with her husband, photographer Skip Jeffery.

About the Publisher
Millbrook Press, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, creates high-quality picture books and illustrated nonfiction for children. Founded in 1959, Lerner Publishing Group is one of the nation’s largest independent children’s book publishers and currently has thirteen imprints and divisions. For more information, visit www.lernerbooks.com or call 800-328-4929.

PUBLICATION DATE:
October 2011
$29.27, Hardcover
$21.95, eBook
Ages 9–12
HC: 978-0-7613-5108-5
EB: 978-0-7613-7983-6
48 Pages • 9 ¾ x 9 ¾

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