Books from the Basement

Welcome to Children's Corner book reviews from 4MBS Classic Radio FM in Brisbane. Here you will find short annotations of the children's books reviewed by Kerry Neary in Children's Corner on 4MBS, together with the details you need to find them at your favourite bookstore. Any prices shown are the publisher's Australian recommended price and may vary depending on where you shop. You are welcome to use these reviews for newsletters and the like with appropriate acknowledgement.

Oct 17, 2014

Oi Frog!

Kes Gray, illustrated by Jim Field
Hodder Children’s Books [Hachette]
ISBN: 9781444910858 (hbk) RRP: $24.99
ISBN: 9781444910865 (pbk) RRP: $12.99

Lots of wordplay in this ‘rule book’ for Dr Seuss rhymes. Cat – yes, sitting on a mat - tells Frog he should be on a log. Frog protests but Cat insists, and regales him with other rhyming imperatives for – lions on irons, indeed; parrots on carrots, unlikely; and cows on ploughs, barely imaginable. Some more plausible pairings – like foxes and boxes – are scattered amongst the outrageous if only for children to catch their breath from laughing. Then, what should be on a frog... ? Bright colours and a sharp cartooning style augment the humour as the nonsense grows
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