Frog and Toad Together

1972 children's book by Arnold Lobel

Frog and Toad Together

First edition

Author| Arnold Lobel
Illustrator| Lobel
Series| Frog and Toad
Subject| Friendship[1]
Genre| Children's picture book, short story collection
Publisher| Harper & Row (I Can Read)

Publication date

| April 1972[2]
Publication place| United States
Pages| 64 pp.
ISBN| 9780060239602
OCLC| 436317436
LC Class| PZ10.3.L787 Fr[1]
Preceded by| Frog and Toad Are Friends
Followed by| Frog and Toad All Year

Frog and Toad Together is an American fantasy adventure children's picture book, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel and published by Harper & Row in 1972.[1] It is the second book in the Frog and Toad series. Like each of the other books in the series, it contains five easy-to-read short stories.

## Summaries

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### A List

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Toad writes a list of activities for himself and Frog for the day. However, after a strong wind blows the list away during a hike, the two spend the rest of the day trying to remember what the rest of the activities were. At night, Toad remembers the final one was "Go to sleep" and the two do so, now content.

### The Garden

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Toad admires Frog's garden, and wishes to grow one of his own. After expending considerable effort to grow his seeds without success, Toad almost gives up. At the end, he realizes they're finally starting to sprout, and he agrees that gardening is hard work.

### Cookies

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Frog and Toad indulge in some home-baked cookies, but decide to use will-power to resist eating too many. Eventually they take it too far, by feeding the remainder of them to the birds. Toad opts to give up on the whole will-power thing, and goes home to bake a cake.

### Dragons and Giants

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After reading some adventurous stories, Frog and Toad embark on an adventure of their own by climbing a large mountain. Encountering several dangers along the way, such as a snake, an avalanche, and a hawk, they return home in fear and hide; Frog hides in the closet and Toad hides under the covers, still commending each other for their bravery.

### The Dream

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Toad has a dream, in which he performs several feats onstage to an audience consisting solely of Frog. However, after each feat, Frog gradually shrinks to nothing, much to Toad's horror. He silences the announcer and desperately tries to find Frog. He awakens from his dream to find Frog unharmed and normal-sized, much to his relief.

## Reception

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Frog and Toad Together was a Newbery Honor Book, or runner-up for the American Library Association Newbery Medal, which recognizes the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".[3]

## Adaptations

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Frog and Toad Together was adapted into a film with Will Ryan and Hal Smith providing the voices of Frog and Toad. The first story, "A List", is not included.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Frog and toad together" (first edition). Library of Congress Online Catalog (catalog.loc.gov). Retrieved 2015-09-18.
2. ^ "Frog and Toad Together". Kirkus Reviews. April 1, 1972. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
3. ^ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA).
"Welcome to the Newbery Medal Home Page!". ALSC. ALA. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
4. ^ "Media Log: Children and Family Programming". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

## External links

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* Children's literature portal

* Arnold Lobel at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

*[OCLC]: Online Computer Library Center number
*[LC Class]: Library of Congress Classification