HYLA
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Each day the small boy came out to the field and gave Hyla a ride. Most days they went to the cottage. Hyla loved exploring with the small boy. Around the cottage were many gardens filled with all sorts of flowers and shrubs. But on one end of the cottage, at the corner of the porch, was Hyla's favorite garden. It was brimming with flowers - primroses, violets, johnny-jump-ups, bee balm, butter and eggs, and columbine. And then, there was the birdbath - that concrete "pond" that attracted all kinds of birds, insects...and Hyla! This would be the perfect place to spend the summer, Hyla thought. And so, he started his plan.
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Hyla, (Hyla cinerea), the little green tree frog, is just emerging from his wintering spot. As he crawls out of the soil, he is suddenly caught up in an armload of grass and leaves as the small boy and his family gather mulch for their garden. After careful examination, the children put Hyla back where they found him. The small boy cannot forget the little frog and each day he rides his tricycle out to Hyla’s hiding place in the field. What follows is a highly unusual friendship between the boy and the tree frog as they explore the world around the the boy’s cottage.
About the Author
Melanie McComb currently works as an Music teacher at Abingdon Elementary School in Virginia. When she's not teaching, she enjoys writing, making music, gardening and being in the outdoors. She lives with her husband, Bob and two cats, Abbie and Zoey in the rural county of Gloucester in east central Virginia near the Chesapeake Bay where she enjoys boating and fishing on the York River. She has two grown children, Sarah and Bobby, who have been the inspiration for, as well as the recipients of many of her stories throughout the years. Her formal education includes a BA degree in Music Education and Pedagogy from Hollins University and a MA degree in Museum Education from The College of William and Mary. Her informal education includes a love and insatiable interest in nature and she credits her father, biologist and naturalist, for teaching her extensively about the natural world.