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Frog and Toad Together: Friends Forever [VHS]

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I remember watching these cute claymation videos as a child and wanted desperately to get it for my own children. After hours of research and disappointment that it has been discontinued, I had a breakthrough. The director who made these claymation videos (john matthews)also made others, most notably Curious George. You can buy from Amazon the DVD Curious George Comes to America and it also has on it both Frog and Toad Together and Frog and Toad are Friends. I was so happy to have made this discovery. I hope this helps others who are looking for it also.

The Frog and Toad vignettes are true to the books. The animation is great - these characters really come alive. It is short, but then is followed by a great bonus - a series of songs acted out and sung by different characters (not Frog and Toad). Our whole family sings them.

I simply loved this stop-action animation when PBS broadcast it. I was over 25 then but still I taped the two little films and viewed them repeatedly. I am quite upset that they are not currently available. I gave my tape to relatives years ago.

If you have read the books you know that they are made of short, little episodes about the lives of two emotionally committed amphibians, two friends, who find it necessary to confront some of life's serious dilemmmas together. For example, how do you manage to share a basketful of cookies that are simply VERY good; or how do you cope with the loss of a button from a beloved coat. The solutions that these two bright and compassionate characters come up with are surprising and compelling.

I have read the book, but as much as I have enjoyed and loved other readings of Arnold Lobel's authorship, it was through the film that Frog and Toad became my friends. Their personalities are so beautifully resolved in this film and the musical parts are actually audible. Delightfully so.

I don't think I've seen this one but I had a few taped from either HBO or showtime when I was little. I'm trying to find the episode where one of them lost there button, and went around asking "have you seen my button." It sounds lame but it is cool if your a little kid. All I know is that I liked watching frog and toad and they need to make at least a couple more available.

I am a teacher and have shown this video to many classes. It is a collection of Arnold Lobel's short stories retold in clay figures. It also has wonderful songs at the end that are full of lively beats and funny lyrics. I loaned the video and it has never been returned. It is a great loss and I hope that Matthews will release it again. It is worth a place in your video library.

We borrowed this at the library and wanted to have a copy for our own and arrggh!--it's not available. Bummer.

Everything everyone wrote is true. The animation *is* done with older technology, but it is made with such love and attention to detail that it is timeless.

My children, boy and girl (3 and 5) just adore this video. My five year old even watchs the John Matthews/director's segment, on how the animation was done, over and over.

Five Stars. If you like our two amphibian friends, and you can find this video, buy it. It is top notch fun.