Frog On His Own (Picture Puffin Books) [Paperback]

Mercer Mayer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1993 | Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Picture Puffin Books

On a walk in the park with his friends, Frog decides to do some exploring on his own.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (February 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140546340
• ISBN-13: 978-0140546347
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,910,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mercer Mayer has been writing and illustrating children's books for over 35 years. He began the popular Little Critter series nearly 30 years ago and titled the first book Just for You. His wife, Gina, has been co-writing the series since the early 1990s. The books in this series address the major issues of growing up through humorous storytelling.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful kids book with rich and humorous illustrations., August 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Frog On His Own (Picture Puffin Books) (Paperback)

The story of Frog's adventures and mis-adventures in the park are told with subtle and humorous illustrations. Toddlers, pre-schoolers and even beginning readers will smile and laugh at the encounters between Frog and other park visitors.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great speech-language tool, January 28, 2011

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M. Smith - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frog on His Own (Boy, Dog, Frog) (Hardcover)

I am a speech-language pathologist and I like to use wordless (or almost wordless) books with my preschoolers sometimes to practice their speech sounds in a conversational context, as well as informally assess their sentence structure and story telling skills.

This is the story of a frog who has gotten away from the boy who was carrying him. The frog gets into some mischief throughout his adventure, such as trying to eat a bee and getting stung, disrupting a picnic, breaking a toy boat, and drinking a baby bottle.

My students did not seem to like this book as much as other ones, which surprised me. I think it may be because the pictures are not in color. I think the pictures are very well done and full of detail and emotion. Mayer has quite a few books like this that tell a story without words and they are all beautifully done.

Great preschool book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great books, February 27, 2010

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Momatt1234 "runner" (Denver, Co USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frog on His Own (Boy, Dog, Frog) (Hardcover)

My kids love these books! They can sit and tell the story to themselves or I can read it to them and we can talk about all the facial expressions and what they could be thinking or saying! I think a great thing to have in any kids library!