So You Want to Be a Frog

by Jane Porter, Neil Clark (Illustrator)

Overview

Welcome to Frog Club! Discover all the amazing things these amphibians can do in this funny, fact-filled picture book.

What if you could leap twenty times your own body length? Or drink through your skin? How about if you could catch all your food with just your tongue? Or stare without blinking? With this bright, breezy guide, kids can practice their wiggling and jumping, peeping and croaking, while learning all about frogs, from their life cycle, habits, and food preferences to their origins and relatives around the world. Ribbit!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536225136
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	04/25/2023
Series:	So You Want to BE a...
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,115,402
Product dimensions:	10.60(w) x 10.60(h) x 0.36(d)
Age Range:	5 - 9 Years

About the Author

Jane Porter is the author and/or illustrator of many books for young readers, including Pink Lion, Brian the Brave, and So You Want to Be an Owl. She lives and works in London.

Neil Clark is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including the Little Paper Worlds books and Rusty the Squeaky Robot, which he also wrote. He lives with his wife and daughter in Yorkshire, England.

Editorial Reviews

Fabio Frog gives readers the scoop on how they can be fabulous frogs…and a clever dose of frog facts to boot. . . . Fabio breaks down the 10 rules of being a frog and encourages readers to attempt many, giving them kudos for the skills that humans will have an easier time handling. . . Croaking, frog paleontology, keeping cool, and eating habits are also covered along with some random facts that are sure to amaze and astound any audience.
—Kirkus Reviews

Friendly amphibian coach Fabio Frog, whose goal is to train humans to become frogs, narrates this tongue-in-cheek guide for would-be caecilians. . . . Clark's cartoonish, digital illustrations add humor to the text. . . Filled with fascinating tidbits that will surely make their way into playground conversations.
—Booklist

From the Publisher

2023-02-25
Fabio Frog gives readers the scoop on how they can be fabulous frogs…and a clever dose of frog facts to boot.

Fabio addresses readers directly, and though the initial checklist for joining the Frog Club is daunting (“hop twenty times your body length,” “thrive on flies”), Fabio breaks down the 10 rules of being a frog and encourages readers to attempt many, giving them kudos for the skills that humans will have an easier time handling (croaking and wriggling). After a look at Fabio’s early years (the frog life cycle), the narrator asks kids to stick out their tongues. Though the frog is dismayed at just how short their tongues are (“If you were a frog, your tongue could reach your belly button!”), they quickly move on to frogs’ coloring and habitats around the world, along the way introducing several species of frogs and the adaptations that make them unique. Croaking, frog paleontology, keeping cool, and eating habits are also covered along with some random facts that are sure to amaze and astound any audience. Clark matches Fabio’s tongue-in-cheek tone with digitally created cartoon frogs mixed in with more realistic-looking species when they are specifically mentioned in the text. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Audience participation required. (Informational picture book. 3-9)

Kirkus Reviews