"You know, Toad," said Frog with his mouth full, "I think we should stop eating. We will soon be sick." "You are right," said Toad. "Let us eat one last cookie, and then we will stop." Many "last cookies" later, Frog and Toad come up with an ingenious solution to their uncontrolled cookie consumption.
This pair of amphibian pals likes to do everything together, from list making to flower growing to dragon vanquishing. And when Toad bakes cookies one day, the two try to develop willpower together. The Frog and Toad series, including Frog and Toad Are Friends, Frog and Toad All Year, and Days with Frog and Toad, is perfect for new readers. Simple text and charming, frog-hued pictures combined with sensitive, funny, original stories show children what real friendship is all about. This Newbery Honor Book perpetuates and confirms Frog and Toad's status as children's classics.
Frog and Toad are always together. Here are five wonderful stories about flowers, cookies, bravery, dreams, and, most of all, friendship.
故事主要是在述說主角青蛙與蟾蜍這一對好朋友生活當(dāng)中的種種趣事。文字優(yōu)美流暢，敘述方式幽默童趣，故事感人又好玩，這兩個角色表現(xiàn)出的童心及純真的友誼將使讀者會心一笑。他們的友情與默契貫串所有的故事，讓讀者在閱讀時，從頭到尾都沉浸在一種溫馨的情緒中。然而，青蛙與蟾蜍特殊的個性、出人意料的行為及想法，又讓故事的發(fā)展充滿幽默風(fēng)趣的驚喜。作者洛貝爾運(yùn)用日常生活中最平凡的場境及生活點(diǎn)滴，透過想象的魔力，直接帶領(lǐng)讀者打開神奇的幸福寶藏，品味最美麗、最真摯的友誼。沒有嚴(yán)肅的教條味，也沒有沉重的批判思考，滿滿是至真至情，挑動讀者內(nèi)心深處最原始而純真的感動。其故事在文字使用上，及文學(xué)內(nèi)涵上都有極佳的閱讀價值，是簡易閱讀書籍中的重要佳作，也是讓孩子在閱讀較具挑戰(zhàn)性的短篇章節(jié)小說前的良好暖身材料
