Frog and Toad are Friends

Frog and Toad are Friends is an easy reader book about a pair of devoted friends who spend their spring and summer together. Frog wakes up from hibernation and hurries over to wake up toad so they can see how spring has changed the world. Toad does not wish to wake up so tells to Frog to wait for one more month then wake him up again, and he will get up. The rest of the book is about the different adventures Toad and Frog have, the go swimming, hunt for a missing button, and wait for a letter to come. 


I think this is an excellent book to build young readers confidence. It is an easy to read book, but it is a chapter book. This would be a great first chapter book for a budding reader. The book seems very relatable to young children. The adventures Frog and Toad have are simple, but are told in an epic way. I also really enjoyed how the Frog and Toad took care of each other and cared about each other. I feel like this is an important lesson for children to learn. A friend is someone you can go to for help and for encouragement. Someone that will love and take care of you. I feel like I see friends breaking down each other instead of building each other up too often, it is cool to be mean to a friend instead of to show that you care. Frog and Toad are Friends provides a good model of friendships for children. 


A library could use frog and toad in a variety of ways. It could be used as the backdrop for a program about the similarities and differences between frogs and toads. It could also be used as the basis for a program about true friendship. 


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Lobel, A. (2006). Frog and toad are friends . New York: Barnes & Noble.