by Keith Faulkner, Jonathan Lambert (Illustrator), Jonathan Lambert (Artist)
Hardcover
- Pub. Date: March 1996
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Hardcover, 16pp
- Age Range: For infants or children in preschool
Synopsis
Flies, worms, berries...
All animals have their favorite foods, and the wide-mouthed frog couldn't be more curious about what they are. This talkative frog with a huge mouth just can't stop asking the creatures he encounters what they like to eat -that is, until he stumbles upon a creature who just loves to eat wide-mouthed frogs!
Young children will giggle at the wonderfully silly repitition found in this much-loved American tale, and delight in imitating the shapes of the different animal mouths that pop up at them with each turn of the page. Bon Appetit!
Annotation
A wide-mouthed frog is interested in what other animals eat--until he meets a creature that eats only wide-mouthed frogs!
Publishers Weekly
A curious frog goes a bit too far when querying his neighbors about their eating habits in this simplified, pop-up version of a traditional American tale. "I'm a wide-mouthed frog and I eat flies," he announces, demonstrating in flamboyant, 3-D splendor just how he got the appellation "wide-mouthed." Each spread features a different animal describing its meal of choice, including a blue-feathered bird (worms and slugs), a furry brown mouse (seeds and berries) and, finally, ominously, a big, green alligator. The creatures are depicted in sunny colors and and show off uncomplicated but large, well-constructed pop-up beaks, whiskers and snouts. When the alligator answers that he eats "delicious wide-mouthed frogs," Frog's comical response, resulting in a climactic fold-out "Splash!" will have readers giggling aloud. Ages 2-6. (Mar.)
