My granddaughter Emily loves this book...all the "Froggy" books for that matter. It's a cute little story about a young boy frog, named "Froggy," waiting for his baby brother or baby sister to be born.
Only one baby at a time for this frog family. (I bet all the other frog's envy his mom.)
Now the thing that Emily really loves is when Froggy moves he "flops" instead of hops. The flopping always makes her giggle.
It drives me crazy. I know such a small thing to bother anyone, but a frog HOPS. Flopping sounds so, so...lazy...sleepy...boring...annoying! It's just not right!
The thing that Emily and I both agree on, is the way that Froggy's mom and dad call to him and his response. They drag his name and his response out. It's just darn right cute. Now, I'm not going to tell you what it is - you'll have to read the book yourself to find out. Don't want to spoil anything ya know.
Okay, short version of the book...frog waits for mom to have baby, imagines playing with a baby brother, baby sister is born, can't play with sister until she grows legs. Froggy is actually patient for a young frog. (Do real frogs have patience?)
Of course the patience runs out and Froggy decides to leave, but wait, baby has legs. Froggy teaches sister how to catch flies, and changes her diaper. All without being taught how to change a diaper -what a smart little hopper.
The cutest part is when baby sister goes to bed and all she wants is Froggy.
Predictable, but cute, and good for children who are expecting a baby brother/sister. Lots of bright colors, and some semi-interesting characters. Typical kids book that kids love to read. Over and over and over and over again. Sigh.
This Scholastic book gets a rating of 4 stars out of 5. Or should that be 4 frogs out of 5? Hmm.
Take the flop out and it would get a 5!
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