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FitzSimmons and the children experience leaping as they learn about the bullfrog and the toad.

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David FitzSimmons, left, signs a copy of his book for Tressel Holton, 8, right, and his sister Scarlet, 6. Their parents are Michael, standing second from right, and Inga Holton, standing at right.

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FitzSimmons, center, receives help discussing a frog, left, and a toad, right, with assistance from Calan Rans, of South Bend, Ind., and Shannon Stuetzer, 6, of Oregon.

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Grace DeYoung, 3, of Millbury, left, with a flying squirrel puppet, David FitzSimmons, and Diego Mosqueda, of Toledo, with a bat puppet.

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Abigail Metzger, 5, of Monclova, has the mother opossum hand puppet, left, while her twin Samantha, has a finger puppet of a baby opossum.

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Naomi Barton, 3, of Toledo, left, Daniel Cox, 4, visiting from Oakland, Calif., FitzSimmons, Samantha Metzger, 5, of Monclova, and her twin Abigail Metzger, 5, of Monclova.

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David FitzSimmons, left, gets the audience to roar like a male alligator with help from Nathaniel Norris, 8, of Sylvania, right.

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