"This is the turtle that slid into the pond and ate the snake that dropped from a branch and swallowed the fish that swam after the frog-JUMP, FROG, JUMP!"
Don't read this book aloud if you aren't prepared to have your listeners chorusing these words. this perfect cumulative tale might well have been entitled "Let's Hear It for the Frog." And hear it you will-for no one can read or listen to this cliff-hanger without total involvement.
About the Author
Robert Kalan also wrote Rain and Blue Sea, illustrated by Donald Crews, and Stop, Thief!, illustrated by Yossi Abolafia. He has a master's degree in education from Claremont Graduate school. and has taught reading to both gifted and remedial students as well as kindergarten and fourth grade. He and his family live in Bellevue, Washington.
About the Illustrator
Byron Barton is an author-artist with an outstanding list of picture books to his credit, including Wheels; Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs; Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones and building a house. He is also the illustrator of such favorites as The Tamarindo Puppy and Where's the Bear? by Charlotte Pomerantz, The Snopp on the Sidewalk by Jack Prelutsky. and Good Morning, Chick by Mirra Ginsburg. He lives in Sarasota, Florida.
-- If you love the color green and love frogs, you will enjoy reading this bright colored children's book to your little one and join in with saying aloud: "Jump, Frog, Jump! 5 stars!
-- LadyD
“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” — C. S. Lewis
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