Once There Was a Bull... Frog: An adventure in Compound Words - Couverture souple

Walton, Rick

 
9781423620808: Once There Was a Bull... Frog: An adventure in Compound Words

Synopsis

Once there was a Bull...(Frog) is an endearing story of a frog who lost his hop. He looks for it everywhere: under a toad...(stool), behind a dog...(house), and under a hedge...(hog), but it's nowhere to be found. He has a cow...(boy) throw him high in the sky, but he lands in a field of straw...(berries). Thanks to a diamond...(back rattlesnake), he regains his hop.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Celebrating the tenth anniversary of this best-selling children's book! "Once there was a Bull...(Frog)" is an endearing story of a frog who lost his hop. He looks for it everywhere: under a toad...(stool), behind a dog...(house), and under a hedge...(hog), but it's nowhere to be found. He has a cow...(boy) throw him high in the sky, but he lands in a field of straw...(berries). Thanks to a diamond...(back rattlesnake), he regains his hop. This fast-paced story is just the right length for two-year-olds, yet has enough humour and clever surprises for eight-year-olds. Everyone will delight in this creative tale. They'll "jump" at the chance to trick adults who aren't wise to the wordplay and picture surprises on each page.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Illustrated by Greg Hally When a bullfrog sets out to find his lost hop in the Old West, nothing is what it appears to be. With the flip of a page, a toad becomes a toadstool, a dog becomes a doghouse, a cow becomes a cowboy and a stage becomes a stagecoach in this rollicking story that?s a true page-turner?in every sense of the word! ?Noteworthy for its clever design, this amusing tale?illustrates how art and placement of text can affect a reader?s perception of a story.? -- Booklist ?Compound words are split for comic surprises?A high-energy read-aloud.? -- Publishers Weekly

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