Frog and Toad Together audiobook

Frog and Toad Together (Frog and Toad #2) by Arnold LobelAn I Can Read Book pub. by Harper & Row, 1972I reread and reviewed 'Frog and Toad Are Friends' last October. This is a series my daughter loved when she was learning to read and, thankfully, I hung on to them all these years. I can still picture her and hear her reading them out loud while I followed along looking at the pictures. A nice nostalgic memory and a fun book to reread while my mind settles back down after finishing 'The Castle' by Franz Kafka yesterday.There are five stories in this collection with 'The Garden' being my favorite. Here, Toad visits Frog and admires Frog's garden. It inspires Toad to want a garden of his own. Frog hands Toad some seeds, advises him on what to do, and cautions him that it's a lot of work. Toad plants his seeds and expects to see young shoots almost right away. Toad spends all his time doing things he hopes will encourage his seeds to grow, despite Frog's admonitions that it takes days. These activities exhaust Toad, who falls asleep, only to be awakened by Frog to the sight of beautiful tiny plants. In true Toad fashion, he exclaims "but you were right, Frog, it was very hard work."Recommended for children of all ages!

I read these books when I was just a little person. I loved the adventures of Frog and Toad!

Lovely illustrations. Content good talking points for children to learn to understand life.

Toad's such a genius🐸 He's a Virgo Sun, Capricorn venus (and frog's obviously a Pisces venus, Taurus rising)they're so perfect for each other!💫

The second of Arnold Lobel's four Frog and Toad story collections for beginning readers - the first being the Caldecott Honor Book Frog and Toad Are Friends , and the third and fourth being Frog and Toad All Year and Days with Frog and Toad - this delightful little volume, together with its three companions, was one of my reading staples, as a young girl. Like all the Frog and Toad books, it contains five brief tales, each of which highlights some important characteristic of one or both of its amphibian heroes, and each of which benefits from Lobel's uniquely understated sense of humor, compassionate eye for the (very human) foibles of his subjects, and appealing artwork.In A List, we see the dangers of becoming too inflexible about our plans and routines, when Toad makes a list of things to do one day, and then, finding himself deprived of that list by the wind, refuses to do anything at all! The Garden follows Toad as, determined to have a beautiful garden like Frog, he impatiently waits for his seeds to grow, trying everything he can, from playing his violin to haranguing them, to hurry their germination along. Cookies offers a hilarious examination of will power and indulgence, as Frog and Toad discuss the necessity of putting away the cookies they are enjoying, all while they continue to eat. The 'successful' solution supplied by Frog ends up a temporary measure, at best! Inspired by the fairy-tales they have been reading, Frog and Toad set out to explore in Dragons and Giants, encountering a number of terrifying dangers - everything from snakes to avalanches - and insisting (even as they flee and hide) that they are not afraid. Finally, Toad's fantasies of being the best (and of showing up his friend) lead to unexpected - but thankfully unreal - results in The Dream.As always, when rereading one of these classics of beginning-reader literature, I am struck by the immense authorial skill it takes to accomplish so much - to communicate such subtle nuances of emotion; to explore, both humorously and compassionately, the vagaries of personality, and of human (I mean amphibian!) friendship - with such a limited vocabulary. It's simply astonishing! Unlike the earlier Frog and Toad book, which won a Caldecott Honor for its artwork, Frog and Toad Together was awarded a Newbery Honor for its text - one of the few early readers that can boast that distinction - and it not difficult to see why! Of course, the artwork is also immensely appealing (as is always the case with Lobel), making this an ideal title for young children just getting going with independent reading. Highly recommended, to all young frog and toads (I was, and still am more of a Toad than a Frog) looking for good books!

Folks, you can't have a gift better than this or any book by Lobel, and I will tell you why.First, I want to direct your attention to the fact that this is a level reader. Frog and Toad was written for, or is in language deemed perfect for, kids attempting to read on their own for the first time. There is criteria for a level reader: It has to have words on the approved list for whatever level, this one I believe is for first grade, and it has to be G-rated. You could literally pick vocabulary off of the level list and use the words loosely together, and you could publish a level reader.Thousands have done this.What Arnold Lobel did, was to write some of the deepest most meaningful plot lines in the history of children's books and they ALL adhere to level vocabulary.His books and this one being one of his best, are like the Haikus of level readers. Somehow Lobel conveyed, love, friendship and and an array of manners in limited vocabulary.In my favorite story, Frog and Toad make and eat too many cookies. To curb their intentions at the insistence of Frog, they tie them up in a box, put the box on a shelf, and even eventually throw the cookies to the birds. Frog points out that the two are learning will power. After almost losing their lives to the birds in order to learn what will power is, Toad walks away grumpily. "You can keep it all, I'm going home now to bake a cake!"Lobel could have been half as lazy and sold just as much, but he has TONS of books that are all clever and amazing. Stuff Dick and Jane, and buy Lobel, because when an I Can Read author is a best seller, you know you have something.

Now I want cookies. 🍪

This is a cute children’s book that contains a bunch of anecdotes of adventures that Toad and his friend Frog get up to.

Reading the Frog and Toad series truly helped me become a lifelong reader. So many generations of children are indebted to Arnold Lobel. His illustrations drew you in but his unique, creative writing kept you there. One of the top ten best children's authors.

I would give it seven stars because I’m seven. - George as he opens it to begin again.

I love Frog and Toad. The stories are simple, but with such sly, dry wit that never fails to make me laugh. The story about the cookies is particularly hilarious.