Ribbit: An invitation to Friendship

In "Ribbit" readers meet a pig with personality and an interest in making friends in unusual places. At dawn one morning Pig announces her presence to a community of startled frogs. Suspicious and unwelcoming, the frogs demand that pig explain herself...There are many things to appreciate in this story. First, it easily lends itself to discussions that invite children to wonder about Pig's motives, to consider why the frogs are so overly cautious and inhospitable. Second, parallels between a child's own experience either as the "new " arrival or as being on the flip side of the equation as "gatekeepers" of an established group.