Frogs and Books

Faced with a ugly "green" bathroom -- a few frogs made it into a fun frog pad.
Frogs and Stuff Froggie Dish
Frog Soaps

Frog & Toad by Arnold Lobel

Frog & Toad by Arnold Lobel
Two original "frog" pictures from nieces hang above the candles with a frog and the soap dish filled with soaps and frogs.  Soap dish and candle platter are Target purchases where we found the candles too.  The soaps came from Kohl's department store-- see close-up above.  Books and framed pictures --“ childhood drawings and Frog and Toad (Arnold Lobel) notecards finish off this corner.  Cream picture mats were cut by a friend, and frames came from Wal-Mart.  See close-ups below.  Book basket came from Michael's Crafts and Supplies Frog Picture by Jade


Girl with flowers
A "buddy" for reading time; or time-out.  This  cuddly frog includes a built in timer.  A unique item from Blue Button Gifts.
Frog Timer
 A little girl stands in a field of flowers, with butterflies of all colors in the sky. -a green "smoke bomb"is part of the crayon  drawing from kindergarten.
This butterfly watercolor was created when Deb was in second grade.
frog butterfly picture

frog planter

Frog and candles     Book Basket
Frog Picture by Aubrey
Frog Planter
A round table with a mosaic top was found at Younkers -- a bowl (planter) from Target, a friend's frog contribution, finished this corner.

Frogs -- Creating a Literate Environment

At the core of any literate environment is a collection of books.  These Frog books are the ones chosen for our reading basket.  "Read-It"  "Read-It"

To make the book basket extra special I ordered the Cool Melon books from http://www.matthewgollub.com -- they came autographed and I asked Kristine George to autograph hers.  I contacted her from a link on http://www.kristinegeorge.com

 Frogs and Books
cool melons
 The Icky Sticky Frog
by Dawn Bentley and illustrator Salina YoonIcky Frog Book
jeremy fisher
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter
 Tuesday by David Wiesner (Caldecott, 1992) Tuesday
 Frog wore red suspenders
The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders

 Great Frog Race

Cool Melons-Turn to Frogs!: The Life and Poems of Issa by Matthew Gollub & Kazuko Stone (Illus)

Lee & Low ,1998; 40 pgs   #1880000717		 Piggy Toes Press, 1999; 16 pages.
ISBN: 1581170424
 Frederick Warne, 2002 (reissue), 64 pgs. ISBN: 0723247765 Clarion, 1991. 32 pgs ISBN 039555113
by Jack Prelutsky & Petra Mathers (Illus) Greenwillow, 2002; 64 pgs. #0688167195		 The Great Frog Race and Other Poems by Kristine O'Connell George &  Kate Kiesler (Illus).  Clarion Books, 1997; 48 pgs. # 0395776074
Other Miscellaneous Froggie Things.
Frog Material       Frog Material
Material with frog motifs and coordinating solids (marbleized) were found at "Connie's Quilt Shop" in Marion, Iowa but many local fabric stores will have something similar.  A selection of green, white and blue towels from Target were embellished with frog appliques.  Skip the appliques if the recipient is somewhat conservative.  They may not want frogs hopping around them.		 frog towels

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