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Flora the Frog

by Shirley Isherwood
illustrated by Anna C. Leplar

Flora is asked to be a frog in the class play, but she is dismayed. Frogs are green and fat, and she is afraid that everyone will laugh at her.

When Flora’s mother and Aunt Jo make a frog costume for her, Flora promptly throws it up into a tree. To make matters worse, she later lies to her mother that all her friends at school liked the costume. But Flora makes a remarkable discovery after angrily throwing her ball over the backyard fence, where it lands next to a pond with three frogs jumping and sparkling with water drops. Slowly she realizes that being a frog in the play may not be so bad after all.

Author Shirley Isherwood shows young readers that a little imagination can make anything―even a fat, green frog―special and fun. Illustrator Anna C. Leplar’s joyous watercolors bring the appealing characters to life.

Format: Hardcover
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-223-1
Publication Date: 9/1/2000
Page Count: 32
Size: 9 ̎ x 12 ̎
Age Range: 4 – 8
Language: English
AR Level: 3.3
F&P: K, Gr 2, Genre RF
Themes: Disappointment, School Play, Shyness

Reviews

“This pleasant picture book offers a child who takes responsibility for what she does and thinks through her problems. Leplar’s watercolors capture Flora’s many emotions while presenting a safe, comforting world where children are allowed to vent.” ―Booklist

“Children will relate to Flora’s feelings, due in particular to the large, full-page pen-and-watercolor illustrations that wonderfully depict her emotions.” ―School Library Journal

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Meet the Author

Shirley Isherwood has written numerous series for British television and has published many books for children, including The Band Over the Hill and Something for James. She lives in England.

Meet the Illustrator

Anna C. Leplar received her art degree from the Rushkin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford, England, and an art education degree from Reykjavik’s Art College in Iceland. She has illustrated a number of books for children, including Flora the Frog, The First Christmas andNoah’s Ark. She lives in Iceland.