The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog

Summary:
This book begins with a Big Wide-Mouthed frog who decided to go see the world. He first comes upon a kangaroo and asks her what she eats. She tells him she eats grass. He shouts at her that he eats flies.Next comes a Koala Bear. When asked what she eats, she replies "leaves." Again, the frog shouts he eats flies. As he continues his journey, he comes upon a possum, who eats blossums. The frog shouts to her that he eats flies. An emu is the next creature to be found. She eats grasshoppers. Again, the frog shouts that he eats flies. The last animal, the frog encounters is a crocodile. When she is asked what she eats she tells him that she eats "big wide-mouthed frogs." She then turns the question back to him as to what he eats. show more The frog whispers his reply "I'm just a small narrow-mouthed frog and I'm off!"

Personal Reaction:
This book makes me laugh everytime I read it. I love the bright colors. I love being able to give the frog his own voice and accent. Mostly, I love his reaction at the end.

Classroom Extensions:
I would use this during a social studies/science module on Australia.
I would also use this as a teaching tool for learning the appropriateness of announcing yourself to others, in a very loud way.
This would also fit into a science module based on the food chain. show less

A funny story for preschoolers who "get" the joke. They love to read along, and to "read" this one over and over to each other. Easy to recall story because it is repetitive and the pictures pretty much tell the story.

The big wide-mouthed frog asks all the animals he meets what they like to eat, even the frog-eating crocodile!

Bragging frog visits lots of animals asking what they liked to eat.....until he ask Mr. Crocodile.

a loud mouth frog goes around and asks all the different animals what they eat and ends up talking to an alligator that eats frogs. but he ends up being able to escape
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Genre: Fiction

I would:
- read this book aloud to a 1st or second grade class if I teach a lesson and use frogs as an example.
- have students read the book and write down the qualities of a frog that are mentioned in the story.

Critique: "The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog" is a good example of a narrative because it has illustrations that match the story.

Great addition to my frog book collection