I Took My Frog to the Library

When Bridgett takes her frog to the library in this amusing picture-book romp, he jumps on the checkout desk and frightens the librarian. Each animal that Bridgett brings - a hen, pelican, python, giraffe, hyena and elephant - causes chaos, until finally the librarian tells her that her animals must stay at home...

Although I never picked it up as a girl - it was published in 1990, at a time when I thought myself too mature for picture-books - I Took My Frog to the Library really brought me back to my childhood! The artwork of Blanche Sims is unmistakable, and reminded me strongly of the Kids of Polk Street School chapter-book series that was so popular when I was young, and which she also illustrated. The story here is fun, the mayhem show more amusing, and the implicit message to children - leave your pets at home, when visiting the library - is worked seamlessly into the over-the-top narrative. Recommended to all young animal lovers and library visitors. show less

Sweet, charming, satisfactory ending. Format is: "I took my {x: x in (frog, hen, pelican, python, giraffe, hyena, elephant)} to the library" but she/he caused chaos. Although the elephant was actual an ideal patron, only much too big! It ends happily with the animals staying home, where the elephant reads to them. The illustrations are nicely colorful.

Bridgett takes different animals to the library but they each cause a different issue so the librarian asks her to leave her animals at home. This would be a fun read aloud before going to the library for the first time in the school year and to talk about appropriate behavior in a library. It could also be used during an animal study for young children.

This book is so cute.Bridgett's animals wanted to go to the library and they caused so many problems. I loved the way the pictures were drawn. This would make a great book to read in class because the animals are so funny in the library especially the classy elephant.

This book is an example of fiction. The young girl in the story would not be able to own all of those pets, take them into the library, and they cannot read or list and listen to stories. The author does a good job making the story believable, young children would find this book very entertaining. It can also teach students what is approriate library behavior. I would use this book in a primary classroom. The type of media used is pencil.

Fun adventure story of Bridgett taking her pet animals to the library and always they disrupt everyone.

Short and cute read-aloud on the topic of library rules and behavior.