Ribbiting Tales: Original Stories About Frogs

by Nancy Springer (Editor/Contributor), Bruce Coville, Jane Yolen

Original stories about frogs from noted fantasy authors.
Contents:
Old Jim Croaker jumps over the moon / Robert J. Harris -- Delia Broom and the frog-people of Quicksand Pond / Janet Taylor Lisle -- It came from outer little pond / Brian Jacques -- Green plague / Jane Yolen -- Boy and his frog / David Lubar -- In the Frog King's court / Bruce Coville -- Polliwog / Stephen Menick -- Ahem / Nancy Springer.

Genres: Fantasy, Anthologies, Animals

117 pages, Paperback

First published October 23, 2000

About the author

BIO -- NANCY SPRINGER


Nancy Springer has passed the fifty-book milestone, having written that many novels for adults, young adults and children, in genres including mythic fantasy, contemporary fiction, magical realism, horror, and mystery -- although she did not realize she wrote mystery until she won the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America two years in succession. DARK LIE, recently released from NAL, is her first venture into mass-market psychological suspense.
Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Nancy Springer moved with her family to Gettysburg, of Civil War fame, when she was thirteen. She spent the next forty-six years in Pennsylvania, raising two children (Jonathan, now 38, and Nora, 34), writing, horseback riding, fishing, and birdwatching. In 2007 she surprised her friends and herself by moving with her second husband to an isolated area of the Florida panhandle, where the birdwatching is spectacular and where, when fishing, she occasionally catches an alligator.

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was meant to be an entertaining YA interlude, and it was that; but the problem with short story collections is that ... some of them are duds. Or scary-frog-unsettling. I liked Jane Yolen's take-off on the Pied Piper.

[Martha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nancy Springer's Ribbiting Tales' front cover is so delectable one immediately discovers, by inspecting the names of all of the imaginative frog authors depicted on the book spines. This collection of short frog stories proves to be a collection of highly entertaining, and surprising tall tales for the reader's delight. Each tale is too astonishing to describe in detail, yet what makes them especially entertaining is the unpredictable surprise endings, combined with Tony DiTerlizzi's exquisite illustrations. A perfect read aloud for all ages!

[Claire Q · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would have loved this book as a kid - there was only one story I didn't really like.

[Mckinley · Rating 4 out of 5]

All written by different writers - lots of variety that way.

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute. Loved reading the stories to the kids!