Vernal pools. Those spring time ponds that typically fill with the winters snowmelt and then fade away by the end of summer. Perfect place for frogs to lay eggs. Most of us frogs start our lives in vernal pools. You’d think we’d prefer year-round ponds, but we don’t. We like ponds where by the time the water is gone, so are we! It helps to keep the predators down. Take fish for example. A bass loves him some frogs for supper, but if the pond doesn’t stay filled throughout the winter, the bass can’t ever live long enough to get big enough to eat us! But enough of my rambling. If you need this book for a class, here you go. It’s in great shape. Pages are clean and unmarked and there are no creases in the covers.