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ROSIE THE RIBETER IBD

MIMS HOUSE LLC
04 / 2019
9781629440743
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ROSIE THE RIBETER: THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTYWho holds the world record triple jump record &ndash, for bullfrogs? Rosie, the Ribeter. She set the record in May 1986 at 21 feet 5 ¾ inches. Her record has stood for over 30 years. This is her story.It all started with Mark Twain and his famous story, &ldquo,The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.&rdquo, After it was published, the Calaveras County fair started the Jumping Frog Jubilee&trade,, which has run since 1928.Over the years, the frogs have jumped farther. Why? Scientists say it&rsquo,s because of the frog jockeys, the men and women who catch and jump the frogs.Read this extraordinary story of a man and a frog.ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY ANIMAL series &ndash, Award Winning Series! Wisdom, the Midway Alabtross: Surviving the Japanese Tsunami and Other Disasters for Over 60 Years, Starred Publisher&rsquo,s Weekly review Abayomi, the Brazilian Puma: The True Story of an Orphaned Cub, 2015 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book Nefertiti, the Spidernaut: The Jumping Spider Who Learned to Hunt in Space, 2017 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book

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