About this title: Five short vignettes celebrate the wonderful friendship shared by a frog and a toad. In one story Frog attempts to awaken the hibernating Toad so that they can enjoy the spring together, and in another Toad insists on wearing a bathing suit when he goes swimming--even though he thinks it makes him look funny. Three-color drawings accompany the ...
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Edition: Weekly Reader Books
Binding: Pictorial Cover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Good. No Jacket. Good. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A good solid copy with secure binding and clean, intact pages. Some yellowing to page edges from age but very readable. A couple of nicks along edges or covers and one larger nick along spine edge. A couple of pages have creased corners. 64 pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780590045292ISBN:0590045296
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover is worn, previous owner's name on front cover and inside front cover, pages are otherwise unmarked. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: Good. 0590045296 Good condition soft cover book, clean pages, some mild cover rub wear, spine crease, corner rubs, this book is Good! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Very Good. 0590045296 Great condition Soft Cover book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, light edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 1979-10-03
ISBN-13:9780064440202ISBN:0064440206
Description: Good. Paperback; Harpertrophy; 1979; 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.3 Inches; Fair; . Well loved but still very readable. Unconditional money back guarantee. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 1979-10-03
ISBN-13:9780064440202ISBN:0064440206
Description: Very Good. Paperback. Very light wear on cover. Pages very clean, binding very tight. A bit of writing on front end page. (Bx06) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780064440202ISBN:0064440206
Description: Very Good. Considerable cover wear and tear with creasing andscuffing to edges. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780590045292ISBN:0590045296
Description: Very Good. Slight cover wear with minor scuffing to edges. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. I Can Read Books (Harper Hardcover). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
"1st grade-4th grade The use of large print with expanded spacing makes this book great for a early reader. The author also uses familiar vocabulary and some repetition. Also, contextual clues are used through illustrations of which give a clear idea of what the author is talking about. The illustrations are small but on mostly every page. The illustrations look to be done with watercolor with a very limited palette of green, yellow and gray. This book appeals to young children because the topic center around the relatable topic of friendship. Classroom connection: Science- to grow and learn about frogs and toad Math- the idea of time and what it means"
"Kindergarten to 2nd grade Lobel use pen and ink illustrations that correspond to the story well for beginning readers. He uses a lot of repetition of words to tell the story of two friends, much like what first graders would experience in their lives. White space aids the new reader and makes the text seem less daunting. Kids will really enjoy the humor. Related content areas: Science/Math Lesson Idea: Students will do research together as a class to investigate the similarities and differences between frogs and toads."
Lobel use pen and ink illustrations that correspond to the story well for beginning readers. He uses a lot of repetition of words to tell the story of two friends, much like what first graders would experience in their lives. Kids will really enjoy the humor.
Related Content Areas: Science/Math
Lesson Idea: Students could learn the differences between frogs and toads. They could study their habitats and requirements for life. Students could also cut out pictures of different types of frogs and toads and describe them to each other and the teacher."
Lobel uses illustrations of pen and ink that are framed to express the story well for the readers. The illustrations are not vivid, which helps the young reader to focus on the text. The illustrations alternate between being framed in a black outline to the edges of pictures being almost blurry. There is a lot of white, negative space. Again, this helps to support the reader so that he/she is not overwhelmed when viewing a page. The author uses a lot of repetition of words to tell the story of friends, much like what first graders would experience in their lives. The repetition of words helps students to learn vocabulary words, because they are repeated at length. The book itself is sixty-four pages in length and could be broken up into five short stories. The size of the font is large, and the text is arranged in a block to look like one large paragraph on each page. Children will really enjoy the humor of the story. Science and math are two subject areas into which the book could be integrated. For math, students could read the book and have a lesson on counting. Toad searches everywhere to find a lost button, which could be incorporated into a math lesson on counting. Students could count buttons, which would benefit the kinesthetic learners. I gave the book three out of five stars, because I did not find the plot of the story to be all too interesting. Brighter colors in the illustrations or less repetition would have made me a more intrigued reader. However, I think students at the first-grade level would disagree with my rating, and they would be able to relate to the plot."
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