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Frog (Dutch: Kikker) is a character in a series of children's picture books created by Dutch author and illustrator Max Velthuijs. The first Frog title in English was published in 1989, entitled Frog In Love, translated by Klaus Flugge for Andersen Press. Frog books have been translated into more than 50 languages.
Frog and Toad are Friends was a Caldecott Honor Book, or runner-up for the annual American Library Association (ALA) Caldecott Medal, which recognizes children's picture book illustration. [10] In 2012, it was ranked number 15 among the "Top 100 Picture Books" in a survey published by School Library Journal .
Kirkus Reviews stated that Frog and Toad are Friends "(does) for friendship something of what Little Bear does for kinship." [2] 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. [3]
The book has been adapted as a musical, written by Willie and Robert Reale and entitled A Year with Frog and Toad, opened on Broadway, and was also performed by the Second Story Repertory, [7] by Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, and by the Chicago Children's Theatre, among others. [8] The stories have also been produced as an audio book.
Frog and Toad Together is an American fantasy adventure children's picture book, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel and published by Harper & Row in 1972. [1] It is the second book in the Frog and Toad series. Like each of the other books in the series, it contains five easy-to-read short stories.
Frog and the Birdsong (Dutch: "Kikker en het vogeltje") is a 1991 children's picture book by Dutch author and illustrator Max Velthuijs. It is one of the books in the "Frog" series . The main character, Frog, finds a dead bird, and with the help of his friends investigates death and buries the bird, after which funerary games lead to insight on ...
Arnold Stark Lobel (May 22, 1933 – December 4, 1987) was an American author of children's books, including the Frog and Toad series and Mouse Soup.He wrote and illustrated these picture books as well as Fables, a 1981 Caldecott Medal winner for best-illustrated U.S. picture book.
Days With Frog and Toad is an American children's picture book, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel and published by Harper & Row in 1979. It is the fourth and final book in the Frog and Toad series. Like the other three books, it comprises five easy-to-read short stories. It has received positive reviews, and it is used in classroom settings.