This beautiful commemorative picture book edition of the Caldecott Honor titleFrog and Toad Are Friendsis the perfect way to celebrate Frog and Toad’s 50th anniversary!
This handsome edition features matte paper, remastered artwork, and a green ribbon book marker. It makes a lovely gift for collectors, fans of children’s literature, and anyone and everyone who loves Frog and Toad!
First published in 1970,Frog and Toad Are Friendswas the first of the four beloved Frog and Toad books. This special edition contains all of the original stories—from the story about going swimming to finding lost buttons!
This lovely volume also includes seven pages of rarely seen bonus material, including archival photographs, sketches, pages from the original book dummy, the manuscript of the first story, “Spring” (written in Arnold Lobel’s cursive on lined notebook paper!), plus a biography of Arnold Lobel and how he was inspired to write the Frog and Toad stories. The series has also been adapted into a Broadway musical and an Emmy-nominated animated series on Apple TV+.
An Atlantic 65 Essential Children's Books Selection, 2025
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This book is termed an “easy reader,” but in truth, it is poetry. Lobel’s introduction to his beloved woodland pair, whose many books of adventure have endured for more than 50 years, is a lyrical meditation on the joys and challenges of friendship. It is wonderful to read aloud, and wonderful to hear—again and again and again. -Kate DiCamillo, The Atlantic 65 Essential Children's Books, 2025
A leggy green frog and a squat green toad do for friendship something of what Little Bear does for kinship. -Kirkus Reviews
In five brief stories Frog plays straight man to his best friend Toad. Simply plotted and full of the give-and-take of friendship...the ill£,
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