Colorful illustrations and rhyming text describe the food chain of a pond, introducing different animals in the food web and the parts they play within the ecosystem, and including comprehension questions and related activities.
Photographs and simple text introduce infant animals that live on lakes and ponds, including capybaras, mallard ducks, hippos, frogs, turtles, swans, otters, and herons.
Young Tad feels sad and awkward when he begins losing his tail and sprouts legs, but the older frogs reassure him, and an encounter with a snake helps him see things in a new light.