![]() ![]() ![]() The Surprise, set in October, as the leaves are falling, sees each of the two friends performing a kind deed for the other while Christmas Eve brings the collection full-circle, with a worried Toad imagining that Frog has experienced some mishap in the snow, on his way to their holiday celebration. In five brief selections, we see Frog dragging a very reluctant Toad out of the house one snowy Winter day, to go sledding ( Down the Hill) we listen to the tale of Frog's childhood search for Spring, when he was "not much bigger than a pollywog" ( The Corner) and we accompany Toad as he sets out on an ill-fated journey to provide his friend with a treat, one hot summer day ( Ice Cream). One of four Frog and Toad story collections from Arnold Lobel - companion volumes include Frog and Toad Are Friends, Frog and Toad Together and Days with Frog and Toad - this charming beginning reader was (along with the other three books) a girlhood favorite of mine, and when I return to the world of those two amphibian friends, as an adult, it is with the happy feeling of coming home. ![]()
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