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|title=Frog is a Hero
|author=Max Velthuijs
|publisher=Andersen
|date=November 2014
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|summary=A gentle rescue story with delightful pictures!
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Always a sucker for a story with a hero, I thoroughly enjoyed this book with Frog as the unlikely hero. It's a very rainy day. At first , the rain, for Frog at least, is lovely and he goes outside dancing. But then it starts to get a little bit too heavy even for him. Worried about how his friends are coping with the adverse weather, Frog decides to go and see them and with everyone's houses leaking, a plan must be formed!
Because Hare lives on slightly higher ground Frog, Duck and Pig all end up staying at Hare's house. For a while everything is lovely and they're warm and cosy and happy together. The rain, however, continues to fall for days and days, and the friends are stuck inside. One day they discover that they are down to their last loaf of bread, and they know that they will die if they don't get help. Here is where Frog, brave Frog, decides to help. He offers to swim across to the hills to get help. His friends are worried - the current is strong and it's much too dangerous, but Frog is determined. I love that as he sets off we read ''the water was ice cold, but Frog didn't think about it. He thought of Duck and Hare and Pig who were hungry.''
I suppose some might quibble with the fact that Frog is the same size as Duck and Pig and Hare, but only if they were feeling particularly picky. Frog's bulging eyes at the sight of the last loaf of bread turn your mind away from any size discrepancies, and the picture where Frog himself is rescued is perhaps my favourite picture of all. The exhaustion on his face reminds me of how I look after a particularly long day with my toddler.
Speaking of toddlers, I have a friend who, when she reads to her little boy, is not allowed to do any scary voices. He doesn't cope well with moments of mild peril, so even for fierce dragons in books , she is forced into a happy singsong voice! I don't think I should recommend this book to her - even though things turn out well, it doesn't look good for Frog for a little while! I, meanwhile, loved the story and most especially Frog's bravery and selflessness. The story requires a little more patience than my two and a half -year -old son has, but it's lovely for older toddlers and those just starting school.
If you're a fan of the wide-mouthed frog joke you might enjoy this: [[The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Iain Smyth and Michael Terry]] or there's plenty more silliness with [[Superfrog! by Michael Foreman]]. We also loved [[Frog in Love by Max Velthuijs]].
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