Frog on His Own

A book without words can be a blessing or a curse. A blessing if you have a child in the mood to invent their own stories; a curse if you have a child you demands you tell the story exactly the same as last time.

A wry story about a frog who travels to the park for a picnic and encounters a range of adventures while there.

Title: Frog On His Own
Author: Mercer Mayer
Genre: Children’s

Challenges: To Be Continued…Challenge, PB & J Challenge, 101 Books in 1001 Days Challenge, What an Animal II, Read and Review Challenge 2010, Young Readers Reading Challenge 2010, 2010 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge, 100 Reading Challenge, Pages Read 2010, A to Z challenge, What An Animal III Challenge

Rating: 4/5
No. of Pages: 32
Published: 1973


Back Cover: Frog on his own…..

Mine: This is a great new series (to me) and of course it has frogs in it, so how can I not read it?

Once again the illustrations can’t help but tell the wonderful story of how frog discovers what it’s like to be on his own. It’s not quite what he thinks – he realized he should be show more eating wasps, scaring people will get you in trouble and cats can chase. Finally dog comes to the rescue to run the cat off and boy and frog are reunited. show less

I grew up with Mercer Mayer's Boy, Dog , Frog series of picture books, another amazing illustrator. I remember going through the books over and over again and making up different stories for each time. That is the magic of wordless picture books, they incite the imagination and encourage the little ones who cannot read yet to sit down comfortably and confidently with a book and make out the story on their own.

One of a wordless series by Mercer Mayer. Great illustrations with tension and humor! In this one, Frog, who is one of three pets (including Turtle and Dog) owned by the Boy, creates all kinds of chaos in the park.

This book was an interesting read, however, it had no words in it. Being a book of only pictures, it is great for teachers who would like to show students who haven't started reading how easy it is to create their own story by using the pictures. The teacher could also allow the students to help her tell the story from page to page. The reading level is Pre-Reader

I really like this book and while it is complex ELL could be introduced to it a little at a time. They could look at a few pages and try and understand who the book is about and what is going on. The frog has the opportunity to meet many individuals and have a great adventure while still finding his boy at the end of the day. It could also be used to teach a lesson on the importance of following directions and sticking with your group (family, teacher, class, etc.).

Mercer Mayer's illustrations are classic. This is part of a series of wordless books about frog. Reading a wordless book aloud together gives your child the opportunity to tell the story in his or her own words. The sequenced arrangement of the pictures give the child clues about the emerging plot.