Review by School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 2-On a spring night in the countryside, frogs in groups numbering from one to 10 joyfully announce their existence with sounds such as "peep, peep," "woomp, woomp," and "blu-urp, blu-urp." In reaction to a passing car, the same groups (with the counting now backward) find clever hiding places. Lively, poetic text invites reading aloud. Verbs are particularly well chosen; the frogs crouch, huddle, and ka-plop. Children will enjoy finding and counting the creatures on each page. Watercolor, aquapasto, and gouache illustrations in blues, greens, and browns nicely play up the rural nighttime setting.-Amanda Moss, Maywood Elementary School, Monona, WI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
This cacophonous counting tale features the ""preeps,"" ""ribbits,"" and ""gree-deeps"" of a multitude of frogs (""One big frog...blew out a song: Ka-blu-urp""). Their voices join in a rising symphony then decrescendo until the evening is still. Lively mixed-media illustrations in shades of blue and green flow across the pages, providing an apt landscape for these personality-rich froggies. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
Children will love making the range of frog sounds, from "Preep, Preep" and "Gree-deep" to the more familiar "Ribbit, Ribbit," presented in this entertaining counting story. First they'll count up, a new group of frogs and a new sound for each number. And then, a car drives by, disrupting the quiet, and down they'll count as the frogs hop away or blend into the background. As soon as the car has rumbled past, the first frog resumes his song, and readers are reassured that the others will follow suit. Jabar's lively watercolor, aquapasto and gouache illustrations bestow each set of frogs with its own personality. Children are sure to want to count these quirky frogs and to pore over the pages as they do. Surprisingly, as the text is rather spare, Parenteau's lyrical language is really the icing on the cake of this successful offering. (Picture book. 3-5) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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