Friends bring us gifts of love. What if your friends brought you collections of things you didn't even really like that much? This is the case with the collection of frogs brought to the author's mom. She said one day to her daughter/author, "I wonder why people give me frogs? I don't even like frogs that much." What she discovered later was that she really collected wonderful friends. Friends can really be your most valuable treasure in life. As this story unfolds, the reader will enjoy discovering a story of true friendship. Live well! Laugh often! Love much! Collective many friends.

With richly colorful photos and compelling, informative descriptions, John and Deborah Behler have carefully crafted a wonderful tribute to the amazingly complex frog. With decades of expertise in conservation, the Behlers are unequaled in their ability to capture the wild and ever-changing world of these amphibians--all 5,000 species. They reveal an unexpected diversity of form, lifestyle, and ecology, and take readers on a magical journey that makes vibrantly clear why these creatures are so important. Breathtaking and brilliant images show tadpoles in water and on leaves; a many-hued variety of frogs (bright blue, golden yellow and black, red and turquoise) in their environment; African sand frogs and chirping frogs; Oriental fire-bellied frogs; and tiny three-toed toadlets--among the smallest that exist. It’s a vision not to be missed.

Frogs, their wonderful wisdom, follies and foibles, mysterious powers, strange encounters, private lives symbolism and meaning.

A story that began in the first issue of Hellboy concludes with the B.P.R.D. team set to permanently wipe out the subterranean colony of frog monsters. The team tracks down Memnan Saa's hideout, but soon find themselves in over their heads when old enemies like the Black Flame arrive to lay waste to the world. This is the fourth (of four) softcover collections of the Plague of Frogs storyline each one collecting three of the original B.P.R.D. trades.