The Icky Sticky Frog

The Icky Sticky Animal

by Dawn Bentley, Salina Yoon (Illustrator)

This clever book features a frog with silly googly eyes and a long sticky-stretchy tongue that are actually attached to the book's cover! The hilarious read-aloud story features bright, humorous illustrations - and you won't believe the surprise ending! Kids delight to The Icky Sticky Frog!

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens, Storytime, Fiction

16 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1999

Reviews

[Mir · Rating 2 out of 5]

Frogs are bad because they eat other living things. In the end the frog gets what it deserves -- DEATH!

[Justin · Rating 5 out of 5]

First the frog ate the fly. Next the frog ate the beetle. Then the frog ate the grasshopper. The frog tried to eat a butterfly, but he got eaten by a fish!
I like the WHOOP! sound that the frogs tongue makes, and also the gulp when he gets swallowed!

[Riley · Rating 5 out of 5]

My absolute favorite book as a child. I used to read it with my mom every night and eventually could remember it word for word.

The frog lurks somewhere, eyeing his next prey. SHH! The frog didn't make a sound. He just eyes his prey. WOOP! Out comes the frog's tongue so sticky and long and SLURP! GULP! Now his prey is gone. The frog eats a fly, beetle, and grasshopper. Then as the frog tries to eat a pretty butterfly, he gets gulped up by a fish.

[Dee · Rating 1 out of 5]

A poorly written “novelty” book; bad, awkward rhythm & rhyme; with choking hazard for children and pets attached to the cover: the frog’s “tongue” is a long piece of sticky plastic cord, just like the “yo-yo ball” cords implicated in child strangulations and pet deaths.

[Pip · Rating 5 out of 5]

good illustration and the book has a tongue

[Misbah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The cover has a sticky tongue.
The hungry frog eats a bunch of other creatures and in the end gets eaten himself

[Ian McHugh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Flo can read this aloud! She loves the googly eyes and the ‘GULP’ sound of the frog.

[Shivakukatla · Rating 2 out of 5]

Illustrations are very good

[Bambi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a fun story to read to kids. My son loved it so much when he was little that I just had to find a copy to read to my grandkids.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun, colorful, rhyming book for kids! Googly eyes on the front. Only warning: the sticky tongue is on the cover so need to be careful kids aren't pulling or touching.

[Gabs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a fun book

[Margie B’s Reads · Rating 1 out of 5]

Traumatic at the end! 😂

[Chelsea Horton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really cute book! It is about a frog eating different types of insects including a fly, beetle, and grasshopper. They book repeats words and sounds, so children can repeat it if a teacher reads it aloud. The frog tries to eat a butterfly, but he ends up being eaten by a fish! Also I really enjoyed the illustrations. The illustrations are bright and provide different textures to make it fun to read and look at.

[Sadie Devin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book would be a good book to read when learning about frogs or even about insects and animals in general. This may be a tough subject for very young kids because it shows the food chain, what a frog eats and who eats the frog. This may be unpleasant for some younger kids to read but can be a realistic way to introduce the circle of life. It has bright illustrations to go along with the text, as well as a long, icky, sticky, tongue from the frog on the front of the book.

[Samantha Penrose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations, rythmn and repetition, a cute introduction to the food chain...
I got this book second hand and the sticky tongue that should be on the cover is missing...maybe not as durable as it could be...the cover has cute googely eyes for the frog. It has a warning that its not for kids under 3, maybe because of the tongue detatching...

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I requested this one a long time ago and just finally got it. I'm thinking it probably was more fun with the sticky frog tongue still intact (which was more than a little wishful thinking from a library version). The story was nice, ecologically accurate (beware: some animals were eaten in the reading of this book), and my son has already requested it more than once. Thumbs up in my book.

[Courtney K · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best Big Lots find, ever! I got the board book for $1, oh yeah! This has been a favorite for over a year, now. Bobo ate the whole outer edge of the book on a car trip, but we can still read it. I'm going to buy a better copy, I promise. I love the theatrics of the book. It begs to be read out loud.

[Chanae · Rating 3 out of 5]

My little girl really likes this book. She likes to point to each bug, and she will say "shhh" with the book when frog is being quiet about to swallow the bugs.
I think it is a cute book, the pictures are fun and bright, and I like that it's repetitive and has a rhythm to the text for kids to enjoy.

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love love love this book. I read it to my children over and over again. One of my favorite stories just funny and quirky and fun to read if you whisper in the right places and WOOP! in the right places too.

[☆Brittany☆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ethan's great grandma bought him this book & he loves it. He did end up pulling off the tongue on the front cover, maybe they should have made it a little more durable since it's a kid's book, but definitely a fun read & the ending definitely surprised me! :)

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grabbed this one literally fifteen minutes before storytime and liked it so much that I ditched one of the other books in favor of this one. Totally did NOT see the ending coming, and neither did my kiddos. Everyone liked it a lot.

[Michele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Follows a frog as he snacks on bugs. Surprise ending.

[Cheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

My children loved this book!! The frogs tongue was sticky and you could move it from page to page.

[Honistie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. I enjoyed reading it to my children and now they enjoy reading it themselves and to their little brother.

[Teri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Long tongue that you pull back and snap--plus a surprise ending. Great book.

[Alyce Dougan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think children will like this book, I just wasn't a huge fan of it. I liked the pictures,but not the story. The story actually reminds me of a book called Tadpoles Promise.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

a new favorite!

[Lillian Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book because my mom reads it with sound affects and it makes it really funny!

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

A young children's book favorite.

[Dara · Rating 5 out of 5]

The frog is hungry and eats bugs. Then the fish is hungry.