Author/Illustrator: Arnold Lobel
Genre: Modern Fantasy
Awards: Newbery Honor Award
Age Level: 4-8 years old
Summary: Toad starts his day by waking up and making a list of what he has to do today. He wakes up (crosses that off), he eats breakfast (crosses that off), and he heads to frogs house (crosses that off). Toad and Frog are best friends and they love spending time together. They decided to go on a relaxing walk, because that was next on the list, and Toad lost his to-do list to the wind! So Frog goes on a search to find the list for him because Toad does know that he does not have "go find lost to-do list" on his list. Frog is very grateful to have a brave friend like Toad. Frog and Toad learn that it's okay to be scared or be brave, as long as they are there together supporting each other. This witty children's novel is attention-grabbing, fun, and challenges the reader to think about their own relationships.
Illustrations are present throughout the whole book, although they are more of a sub note to the text. Readers do see a few illustrations of Frog and Toad, being pale light green, full of expressions, and ready for adventure.
In my classroom, I would use this book to read a couple pages daily and allow the students to make predictions of what Frog and Toad will do next in the story. I would also have students reflect in their journals some other fun things they like to do with their friends.
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