"Frog and Toad Together"

Summary of Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
This easy reader contains five short stories for beginner reading.  Frog and Toad are best friends who enjoy being together. Simple topics highlight each small stories that children are familiar with at a young age. Each chapter has a different story about their friendship filled with humor and fun.  Beautiful illustrations are found on each page with natural colors and shading by a favored author of children's books.

Lobel, A. (1979).  Frog and Toad Together.  New York, NY.  HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Personal Review of Frog and Toad Together
This book is an excellent choice for any child at this level of reading.  My daughter and son both loved the humorous stories and illustrations.  The stories are motivating for the discovery of joy and pleasure one can find in reading.  Children are exposed to familiar topics such as flowers, cookies, bravery, and dreams.  More adventures for Frog and Toad are available in addition to this title.

Reviews of Frog and Toad Together
"This 1972 book is still a delight to read to your child and have your child read to you. Frog and Toad are together in five featured stories including A List, The Garden, Cookies, Dragons and Giants, and The Dream.
The stories are simple, but even in this world of computer games, Pixar and pop-up books, they catch a child's attention. A List features Toad doing his first To Do list. It is a nice way to talk to a child about being organized, but being flexible if things go wrong (Toad's list blew away, but he couldn't run after it because chasing his list wasn't on his list). The Garden is good about illustrating patience while watching seeds grow. Cookies is a funny story about will power. Dragons and Giants illustrates friendship and bravery. And the last story, The Dream is another story about friendship. Whether you use the stories as springboards for teaching tools or just to enjoy, they are wonderfully and simply illustrated and the story flows gently."
 
Review by Deborah Verlen and Retrieved from Amazon.com on August 31, 2010 

Suggestions for the Library
How about a display and story on the differences between frogs and toads?  Since Frog and Toad are friends, focus on the similarities and ask the students why they might want to be friends.  Then ask what makes them different from each other.