Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "i-don-t-want-to-be-a-frog"

Animal characters are so common in picture books. Most are really people disguised as animals which is true for one of these books. The other two have animal characters much more like animals.

I Don't Want to be a Frog
4 stars
Author: Dev Petty
Illustrator: Mike Boldt

This baby frog declares to his mother that he wants to be some other animal. As each animal is chosen, reasons why this little frog can't be it and must be a frog are given.
The illustrations are focused on the frog and other animal characters.
Some of the other animals use stereotypes.

Whoo...Whoo...Is Making That Noise?
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Parish J. Phelps

An owl is trying to sleep through the day in the barn of the farm where the owl lives. Everyone else living on the farm is up during the day making it hard for the owl to get some sleep.
Then night arrives. Now everyone else is trying to sleep. The owl is getting up.
The book is mildly humorous.
The illustrations are fun. On one page is the noise and it's source. On the other is the owl trying to sleep.

One Hundred Hungry Ants
5 stars
Author: Elinor J. Pinczes
Illustator: Bonnie MacKain

One hundred ants are hungry when they become aware of a picnic in progress. They hurry off in a line.
The smallest ant keeps getting the ants to form other lines supposedly to get to the picnic sooner.
The illustrations tell their own story of what is happening at the picnic.
The smallest ant finds out what happens after the group finally arrives at the picnic.
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