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 Classic Storytelling April 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lobel was a tremendous artist and storyteller and the Frog and Toad stories were among his best work. The simple stories of friendship in this collection are great reading material for beginning readers or to be used as bedtime stories, and I've never read them to a child who wasn't fascinated by the vividly animorphed creatures portrayed. A great book for any kid 1 to 8, and the parent will most likely enjoy it too.
J. Lyon Layden
The Other Side of Yore
great on two levels--for beginning readers and for toddlers November 27, 2006
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
For your beginning readers, these heartwarming stories of a child-like friendship between Frog and Toad are excellent, a fine complement to the Little Bear series, for example.
For the toddler being read to, these books also provide great delight. This daddy loves to read Toad's voice as a deep, slightly daft Englishman, while Frog's voice is, naturally, an outrageous French one. (It works--try it!) The stories are charming, affirm praiseworthy values (above all friendship), and are short enough to gauge your evening ritual precisely.
Highly recommended.
Frog Rules, or should that be toad? March 3, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a first class collection of stories for children to read, or be read to. There is a wry, understated humour that delights both child and parent.
Perfect children's fiction January 7, 2006
35 out of 35 found this review helpful
The Frog and Toad series are the perfect classic for young children who are just old enough to read.
What makes the work so charming is that one can buy a brand new copy of it, and immediately it is like a pair of comfortable old shoes or a warm, over-worn sweater. Frog and Toad are friends, the kind of homey, down-to-earth friendship we all depend on. They are not flashy, bright, or cartoony. The pictures are a dull and easy brown and green, but capture cute variations in emotion between these two characters. They fit the ethos of the book: comfortable, casual, understated, and something you immediately want more of.
They capture the heroism and fears of a five year old. They are right on the mark for a young person who is just beginning to be able to comfort someone who is lonely or do battle with an overwhelming craving for cookies. Frog and Toad are two simple, helpless creatures who help one another through things that seem big to a child and unnoticeable to an adult. They worry about the things a five year old worries about. Parent readers will find themselves wanting to help Frog and Toad get by the way we help our own five-year-olds.
Lobel has noticed exactly what a child notices. He's gotten it just right.
Get the Broadway Musical CD December 12, 2005
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
Frog and Toad are classic, and WONDERFUL. If you love Frog and Toad, you need to know Arnold Lobel's daughter collaborated to create a Broadway musical based on these books, and the CD with the songs from the musical ("A Year With Frog and Toad") is a MUST have for every child. We have given so many copies as gifts I've lost count, and everyone (adult and child alike) LOVES the CD. It has all the charm and humor of the books, and it brings the characters to life in a lovely and loveable way. Get the CD along with the Frog and Toad books -- the PERFECT gift package for any child age 1 to 8.
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