The toad and the frog book6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Though intended as a series for emerging K-2 readers, the books have become icons of quality children’s literature, with equal appeal as read-aloud picture books for nursery school children and timeless classics enjoyed by older children and adults. ![]() ![]() Frog and Toad Are Friends was the first volume of four that Lobel gifted the world over the next decade. Written and illustrated by an up-and-coming author, Arnold Lobel, the volume contained five charming stories that related the trials and tribulations of a genuine friendship. Gareth Matthews, "The Philosophy of Childhood"įifty years ago, a small children’s book about the exploits of two dear companions, an anthropomorphic frog and toad, was published. Yet Frog and Toad, because of the utter simplicity of its vocabulary, counts as a primer, an “I Can Read” book.” His one-liners have the grace, humor and profundity of great poetry. “Arnold Lobel had a special genius for incorporating Socratic irony into his simplest children’s stories. Jon Scieszka, celebrated children’s author and former second grade teacher All in brilliantly limited vocabulary and sentence structure that kept me sane and entertained through no less than 4,785,421 readings with beginning readers.” ![]()
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