Anne Fine, July 2011 Guest Editor: "It’s hard to believe the Frog and Toad books were originally designed as first readers. They’re so good and human and funny. I’ve yet to find the child who doesn’t love the whole set. Frog and Toad are best chums. We watch the two of them bumbling through life’s small problems and irritations – lost buttons, ice-cream melting too fast, not wanting to get up in the morning, sending letters by (literally) snail-mail. The vocabulary is simple but enchanting, and each of the tales has a timeless, fable-like quality. (Look out, too, for Lobel’s even more delightful Owl at Home – a book that, bedtime after bedtime unfailingly reduced my poor ex-hubby to tears of helpless laughter.)"
Frog and Toad are always there for each other - just as best friends should be. From sledding in winter to eating ice cream on hot summer days, these two friends have fun together the whole year round!
