Frogs and toads need a watery place to lay their eggs. But, believe-it-or-not, some toads live in the desert! Here's a book about one of these little toads...

Another animal lays eggs in sand, too-not in the desert, but on a beach. The mother animal weighs as much as a refrigerator full of food. Can you guess the animal?

Sea turtle mothers lay their eggs and leave them. The hatchlings must fend for themselves. But another kind of creature guards its eggs and the hatchlings.