Awards and Honors: Newbery Honor
Review:
A classic and wonderful early reader for children. Easy-going and friendly Frog and nervous, brooding Toad are best friends who like to do everything together. The book contains five sensitive, thought-provoking and clever short stories ("A List", "In the Garden", "Cookies", "Dragons and Giants" and "The Dream"), each charmingly illustrated and often hilarious, which detail their adventures and discuss the nature of friendship. Lobel tackles some big topics in these little stories, like bravery, willpower, ego and productivity, yet he does so in such as way that is highly accessible and enjoyable for younger readers.
Opinion:
The Frog and Toad series is one of the few that appeal just as strongly to children as they do to parents. Because the books contain several illustrated short stories, they are great choices for beginning readers since the format is both non-threatening yet gives kids the feeling of a chapter book. These stories are simple, yet sophisticated.
Ideas:Frog and Toad would be a wonderful choice for a lesson, storytime, or other library program on best friends.
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