The Frog Who Thought He Was a Horse

by Roger Vaughan Carr

1990 Literacy 2000 Stage 6 Set D -- The Frog Who Thought He Was a Horse (P) Written by Roger Vaughan Carr / Illustrated by Craig Smith ***ISBN-13: 9780732704322 ***Pages: 24

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Jon Gustafson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used this book with a 2nd grader over the course of a few days. The book tells the story of a frog, Kevin, who is convinced he is a horse (since he was born in a horse trough). Another older frog attempts to show Kevin how to hop like a frog, but Kevin is resistant and wants to trot and gallop.

This book is unique in that different voices are set off with different font colors. Due to this, I could see it being useful for choral reading in a group setting (half of the class reads Kevin's voice, the other half reads the older frog).

[Violet Lewis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book to read to children when they are learnining about frogs or life cycles of a frog. It also teaches many concepts like, as we grow we change and we can do anything if we try. It gives you the opportunity to teach the children position words as well.

Learning activity SD2d: Children will recognize that plants and animals have varying life cycles.

We will discuss what the children know about frogs. After reading the book, I will have the class recall some of the changes the frog went through as he grew. I will show the children real-life pictures of each process of the life cycle of the frog. I will create a file folder game in which the children can sequence the life cycle of the frog on their own. This file folder game will be put in the discovery center. I will ask them to describe the changes taking place during each life cycle process as they put the file folder puzzle in order.