Frogs and Books and Other Stuff

Frogs and Books

Faced with a ugly "green" bathroom -- a few frogs made it into a fun frog pad.

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

A "buddy" for reading time; or time-out. This cuddly frog includes a built in timer. A unique item from Green Frog Gifts.

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

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

Cool Melons-Turn to Frogs!: The Life and Poems of Issa by Matthew Gollub & Kazuko Stone (Illus) Lee & Low ,1998; 40 pgs #1880000717	The Icky Sticky Frog by Dawn Bentley and illustrator Salina Yoon Piggy Toes Press, 1999; 16 pages. ISBN: 1581170424	The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter Frederick Warne, 2002 (reissue), 64 pgs. ISBN: 0723247765	Tuesday by David Wiesner (Caldecott, 1992) Clarion, 1991. 32 pgs ISBN 039555113 The Great Frog Race and Other Poems by Kristine O'Connell George & Kate Kiesler (Illus). Clarion Books, 1997; 48 pgs. # 0395776074
The Great Frog Race and Other Poems by Kristine O'Connell George & Kate Kiesler (Illus). Clarion Books, 1997; 48 pgs. # 0395776074	The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders by Jack Prelutsky & Petra Mathers (Illus) Greenwillow, 2002; 64 pgs. #0688167195		A few frog motif fabrics from Connie's Quilt shop in Marion, Iowa.