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Frog and Toad Are Friends: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner from the Classic Animal Friendship and Adventure Series, Great for Growing Reading Skills an Paperback - 1979
by Arnold Lobel; Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)
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This Caldecott Honor and Newbery Honor book features the endearing pair in five enchanting stories, describing how these close friends look for lost buttons, greet the spring, and wait for mail. Full-color illustrations.
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Readers broadly regard Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad Are Friends as a timeless, gently funny celebration of friendship, equally appealing to new readers and nostalgic adults. The odd-couple pairing—sunny Frog and grumpy-but-kind Toad—anchors short, simple stories that carry surprising psychological insight. Many highlight the warm, earth-toned illustrations and its value as both a read-aloud and an early-reader text. Dissent centers on occasionally repetitive prose, a few flat endings, and discomfort with the river-swim episode’s teasing. Overall, the book is cherished as cozy, compassionate, and enduring.
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Frog ran up the path to Toad's house.
From the rear cover
From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other--just as best friends should be.
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- Title Frog and Toad Are Friends: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner from the Classic Animal Friendship and Adventure Series, Great for Growing Reading Skills an
- Author Arnold Lobel; Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)
- Series I Can Read Level 2
- Binding Paperback
- Edition FIRST EDITIION
- Pages 64
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins, New York
- Publication date 1979-10-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780064440202 / 0064440206
- Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
- Dimensions 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.2 in (22.35 x 14.73 x 0.51 cm)
- Age range 04 to 08 years
- Grade levels P - 3
- Reading level 470
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Multicultural
- Theometrics: Secular
- Topical: Easy Readers
- Topical: Friendship
- Topical: Home School
- Category Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Frogs
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 73105492
- Dewey Decimal Code E
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