FROGGY'S BABY SISTER

"FROGGY'S BABY SISTER" Written by Jonathan London 

Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz 

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Publisher: Penguin/Viking, 2003) 

Pages: 32

Ages:  2 to 6

Yes we love Froggy. And who doesn't love Babies? Right? Just look at her! She is just so cute.

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Froggy wakes up on this day hoping it is the big day. He flops - flop flop flop out to the kitchen . . . . 

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. . . where he finds his Mother. "Wow, Mom! said Froggy. "Your tummy is huge!" 

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He is excited! He wants   to have a baby brother. Froggy daydreams about all the things he can teach his little brother.

Finally it's time. Mom and Dad go to the hospital. Much to Froggy's disappointment, they return with a baby sister. "A girl? cried Froggy. "Yuck!" "Her name is Pollywogilina! said Mom. "But you can call her Polly for short."

Froggy's disappointment is short lived. As soon as Polly cries he gets excited to make her burgers and fries. Mom feeds Polly a bottle of cream of mush - slurp slurp slurp. 

Froggy is eager to help take care of Polly but he has to wait until her legs are all grown in and she loses her tail. Spring ends then summer. He wants to teach her so many different things but it is taking too long for Polly's legs to grow in. Surprise! Mom unwraps Polly and she has legs and her tail has fallen off. Yippe! Now can I take care of her?"

So Froggy and Polly go out to the yared to spend time together. Polly cries and her big brother shows her how to catch flies. She cries again and Froggy sniffs her diaper. "Yikes! cried Froggy, holding his nose. "Pollywogilina! You stink!" Oh my how this makes my granddaughters laugh. So Froggy changes his sister's diaper. He is so proud, he holds his little sister up to show his Mom when the diaper falls off and lands on the floor. "OOps!" cried Froggy, looking more red in the face than green. And my Granddaughters laugh out loud.

Later that night, Polly won't go to sleep and she calls out for her big brother. And Polly went to sleep in Froggy's arms.

FROGGY LEARNS TO SWIM

FROGGY LEARNS TO SWIM Written by Jonathan London & Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz 

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Publisher: Penguin/Viking, 1995)

Pages: 32

Ages:  2 to 6

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We loved reading “Let’s Go Froggy!” so much that we had to find another Froggy book. This is the second book from the Froggy series to join our library.


So what is Froggy up to this time. It is a hot day and Mom and Dad decide to go for a swim in the pond.

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Oh, oh. Look at Froggy's face. I wonder what is wrong?


There's nothing wrong with Mom and Dad. They just dive right in. 

You gotta love Mom's watermelon bathing suit. I know my granddaughter wants one just like it.

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So where is Froggy?

FRRROOGGY!" called his mother.

"Wha-a-a-at?"

Froggy's parents want him to join them in the pond but Froggy has something else in mind.

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"Whee!"

Froggy loves his swing. I haven't met a kid who doesn't enjoy swinging so high that they almost touch the sky.


He goes so high that he winds around the crossbar then unwinds like a spring. I don't know about you but I remember as a kid imagining swinging so high that I could wind around the crossbar. zzzziiiinnnnngggggg-

Whether Froggy wants to swim or not he lands in the pond with a splash.

I wish I had a preview of the next couple of pages because they are just priceless. Froggy cries out to his Mother for help because he believes he is drowning. His Mother asks, "What are you do-o-o-ing?" She tells her son that frogs are born in water and they are great swimmers. At this point Froggy is climbing right up on top of his Mother's head. It is hilarious! It makes me and my granddaughters laugh. Froggy's one hand is holding onto his mother eyelid and her eye is wide open looking up at him. Froggy's other hand has forced his Mother's other eye shut.

Froggy tells his Mother that he can not swim. "Oh fiddlesticks!" responds his Mother. "I'll show you how."

Froggy's Mom teaches him how to swim using this little song to help. "Bubble, bubble, toot toot. Chicken, airplane, soldier." My Granddaughters chyme in and sing along with me the swimming rhyme.


Now he loves swimming so much that he won't get out of the water even after it gets dark. My little sweethearts love the water. The summer they turned three, they were swimming under the water across our round pool. If they had it their way, my Granddaughters would stay in the water like Froggy.

HUGGLY'S HALLOWEEN Written and Illustrated by Tedd Arnold

HUGGLY'S HALLOWEEN

Written and Illustrated by Tedd Arnold

Publisher: Scholastic

Pages: 24
Ages: 3-8

The people child's mother gives them some candy because she thinks they are children dressed up for Halloween.

So, Huggly and his friends decide to go out trick or treating.

They find themselves in a "haunted" house and can't wait to get out of there.