Summary: The story is based on a curious frog that explores her environment daily. However, one day she found something extra special and couldn't wait to tell her friends. However, what she thought she found ended up not being as she thought.
Summary of Professional Reviews: The Horn Book guide rates this book at a 2 with comments on Lionni story line with a bit of a twisted at the end of how the frogs played all day and night with their good friend the "chicken". In addition, the CLCD Kirkus review gives this story a starred review. The reviewer mentions how Lionni creates a story with two animals become friends even though they are different. And in the end he adds some humor when he says, "who called her an alligator...what a silly thing to say!". Furthermore, Kirkus comments on the wonderful illustrations done by Lionni using a wide variety of art media with one technique being a collage of paper. His illustrations help to make the pages pop and follow along with the story line.
Review by Jessica Rodriguez: I found this book to be very interesting and engaging to the reader throughout the story. The story kept me guessing page after page of what was going to happen next. The story also tests the knowledge of the reader by saying something is something that it is not such as an chicken and alligator are not the same animal. Furthermore, Lionni descriptive language and illustrations helps his reader to follow along in the story. The illustrations are beautifully done to see the detail of each character along with the potential texture of the skin that animal has. The story line is simple for a young reader to follow and understand with a little twisted on the story spun in at the end.
This book would be useful when teaching…
- This would be a great book for teaching friendship between young children. It would help to treat that everyone is different but that doesn't mean we can't be the best of friends.
- Also, can be an introduction to a mini lesson on illustrations because Lionni uses many techniques in his illustrations that can aspire some children to create their illustrations to stories in a similar way. (For example, a collage technique.)
- Ideal for grades K through 2nd.
Summary of Professional Reviews: The Horn Book guide rates this book at a 2 with comments on Lionni story line with a bit of a twisted at the end of how the frogs played all day and night with their good friend the "chicken". In addition, the CLCD Kirkus review gives this story a starred review. The reviewer mentions how Lionni creates a story with two animals become friends even though they are different. And in the end he adds some humor when he says, "who called her an alligator...what a silly thing to say!". Furthermore, Kirkus comments on the wonderful illustrations done by Lionni using a wide variety of art media with one technique being a collage of paper. His illustrations help to make the pages pop and follow along with the story line.
Review by Jessica Rodriguez: I found this book to be very interesting and engaging to the reader throughout the story. The story kept me guessing page after page of what was going to happen next. The story also tests the knowledge of the reader by saying something is something that it is not such as an chicken and alligator are not the same animal. Furthermore, Lionni descriptive language and illustrations helps his reader to follow along in the story. The illustrations are beautifully done to see the detail of each character along with the potential texture of the skin that animal has. The story line is simple for a young reader to follow and understand with a little twisted on the story spun in at the end.
This book would be useful when teaching…
- This would be a great book for teaching friendship between young children. It would help to treat that everyone is different but that doesn't mean we can't be the best of friends.
- Also, can be an introduction to a mini lesson on illustrations because Lionni uses many techniques in his illustrations that can aspire some children to create their illustrations to stories in a similar way. (For example, a collage technique.)
- Ideal for grades K through 2nd.