Frog and Toad are friends

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multimedia, 64 pages

English language

Published Feb. 17, 1996 by Abbey, Reed, Harpe & Row.

ISBN:
978-1-86021-100-3
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Frog and Toad Are Friends is an American children's picture book, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel and published by Harper & Row in 1970. It inaugurated the Frog and Toad series, whose four books completed by Lobel comprise five easy-to-read short stories each. It was a Caldecott Honor Book, or runner-up for the American Library Association Caldecott Medal, which recognizes the year's best illustration in an American children's picture book.

Also contained in: Adventures of Frog and Toad The Frog and Toad Treasury

38 editions

reviewed Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel (An I can read book)

"Frog and Toad sat on the porch, feeling sad together."

5 stars

A perfect book. Let me count the ways. There's the prose, sweet and lyrical despite how simple it is. The rich dynamics of how the two personalities play off each other. The sly, gentle humor. The illustrations, which are restrained yet beautifully bring to life Frog and Toad's world. Most of all, there's the love these two friends have for each other, which runs through each story like a deep, strong current.

KID VERDICT: He loved it for a while. We even got a Yoto card with the audiobook read by the author (highly recommend) that the kid listened to every night at bedtime for months. Then suddenly he stopped wanting it and has largely refused to read it since. It's that a positive recommendation? I have no idea.