Froggy's Halloween

Froggy can't decide what costume to wear for Halloween in this entry in author Jonathan London and illustrator Frank Remkiewicz' picture book series about his adventures. Should he be Super Frog, Ghost Frog, Vampire Frog? Eventually he settles on the Frog Prince, only to discover that Frogilina has decided to be a princess, and wants to kiss him! It may be the scariest Halloween ever for our ranine hero...

Published in 1999, Froggy's Halloween is the third title I have read from this long-running series, which debuted in 1992 with Froggy Gets Dressed. Like the others, I found it humorous and engaging, and think young children will appreciate the madcap antics of the titular hero. The accompanying artwork is done in a cartoon-like style show more that suits the story. Recommended to fans of this character, or to those seeking Halloween picture books focused on costume choice, and the fun of trick-or-treating. show less

Froggy finally decides to be the frog prince, with disastrous female consequences until Grandma saves the day. It's the first time in a while that I have just read a story and not a concept picture book. It was nice.

I liked this book for various amounts of reasons. I really enjoyed the descriptive and creative language in the book. For example when ever a character seemed to be yelling or wants to get froggy's (the main character) attention, the word would loop and twirl around the pictures. It made the reader interested by following the word around the page. I also liked how the author used creative words like zip zat or zup for action words, I know that they were creative because they were not normal descriptive words that we would use. The pictures in the book were very subtle but they were very well drawn out and helped the reader to picture what was happening in the book. or example in the book froggy was imagining what he wanted to be for show more halloween and in the book there was a different picture for each idea that he had. I really enjoyed the characters in the book because they were kind of comical because we know that frogs don't trick or treat, talk or dress up on halloween. I liked them because children can also relate to froggy for example froggy didn't really know what he wanted to be for halloween so he had to decide between many options, a child can feel the same way or even have the same problem. The main idea of this book would be that you can find a costume that perfect for you which fits your personality. It also shows the great adventure you can have on halloween. show less

Froggy finally decides to be the frog prince, with disastrous female consequences until Grandma saves the day. It's the first time in a while that I have just read a story and not a concept picture book. It was nice.

Froggy’s Halloween, written by Jonathan London is a children’s short illustrated story about a young frogs halloween anticipation. The book is age appropriate for kindergarten to second grade. The plot consists of a young frog being extremely excited for halloween. The frog considers possible costumes to wear and is extremely merry towards the idea of halloween. Halloween continues to approach and the frog’s anticipation interrupts his daily life between his ability to concentrate and behave at home. The frog continues to prepare for halloween, decorating his house and singing songs until he finally reached halloween’s eve. The frog decides to dress as a “frog king” and goes trick or treating with his friends at night. The show more young frog ends up being chased by a young girl frog who’s attempting to kiss him. This chase results in the two falling on a porch that happens to be his grandmother who's dressed as a witch. From here the frog collects candy but manages to put a hole in his candy bag. By the time the young frog reaches his house he has no candy left, but to his pleasant surprise his mother has a bowl full of chocolate covered flies. In terms of a message I thought the book may be trying to convey that sometimes instead of getting so excited for a specific thing or time, what we enjoy most may actually be right in front of us. The frog was so focused on halloween that he seemingly wasn’t taking time to appreciate or enjoy the things that he was already experiencing. I think this book can potentially be seen as a reminder to appreciate where we’re at, or to stay focused in the moment rather than looking to the future. That was the most I could get out of it in terms of a central theme or message, and it may be stretching it a little bit. The book honestly seemed predictable and relatively uneventful to me. I did however enjoy the illustrations which were well done and fitting to the narration. I would rate this book 2 ½ stars out of five, It was honestly my least favorite of the six I’ve read so far. Overall this is an enjoyable book, especially for a younger child. show less

This is a good example of a modern fantasy book. The plot line is totally unrealistic (animals dressing up as people and going out trick-or-treating) but because of the author's superb writing skills, the story comes to life and is totally believable. The time and place are made up, but it could really happen "anywhere" because all frogs like eating flies and spending time with their friends.

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Froggy finally decides to be the frog prince, with disastrous female consequences until Grandma saves the day. It's the first time in a while that I have just read a story and not a concept picture book. It was nice.