by Susan | Sep 7, 2010 | Literary Amphibians, Read about Frogs, Uncategorized
While canine bestsellers are common, a bestseller with a frog character is rare. The picture book, CITY DOG, COUNTRY FROG by Mo Willems, with watercolors by Jon J. Muth, is currently No. 9 on the New York Times children’s book bestseller list. The story is a...
by Susan | Dec 13, 2009 | Climate change and frogs, Environmental Health, Frog Conservation, frog gifts, Frog People, FrogBlogRoll, How You Can Help, Learn about Frogs, Literary Amphibians, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
At this time of year, we’d like to stop and say thank you to all the visitors we’ve had, and to those who’ve joined our cause. While you’re shopping for loved ones in the next week or so, we hope you’ll remember all the great...
by Susan | Dec 9, 2009 | frog gifts, Learn about Frogs, Literary Amphibians, Read about Frogs
Continuing the theme of frog gifts, I received a wonderful gift from Susan—the children’s book The Frogs and Toads All Sang, by Arnold Lobel with color by Adrianne Lobel (HarperCollins, 2009): This little book of rhymes has the same droll and...
by Susan | Dec 3, 2009 | frog gifts, Frog People, Learn about Frogs, Literary Amphibians, Read about Frogs
The holidays are upon us, and we wanted to highlight some of our favorite froggy gifts. Frog calendar A portion of the proceeds of this calendar go to the World Wildlife Fund. For baby From Angel Dear, a curved frog pillow for baby. You have to feel this pillow to...
by Susan | Oct 23, 2009 | Frogs and the Rainforest, Frogs in Film, Learn about Frogs, Literary Amphibians, Read about Frogs
With Disney’s Princess and the Frog coming in December, we’ve been thinking a lot about frogs and princesses and princes, especially new twists on the classic fairy tale. I reread the original Grimm’s tale and was surprised that in this version, the...
by Susan | Aug 4, 2009 | Literary Amphibians, Uncategorized
Continuing “Toad Week” at Frogs Are Green, I thought I’d write about literary toads. I couldn’t find many books with toad characters, except Frog’s best friend Toad in the classic Frog and Toad books, which I wrote about in an earlier...
