Frog
by Susan Cooper
A tender story about kindness, courage and friendship.
Everybody in Little Joe's family can swim, except him. So while they play in the pool, he just sits and watches. Then Joe sees a lost little frog hop across the garden and jump into the water. Joe's family starts splashing, shouting and screaming as they try to catch the frightened little frog. But it is Joe who gently lifts him to safety -- and watching the frog has given Joe the courage to climb into the pool himself.
Everybody in Little Joe's family can swim, except him. So while they play in the pool, he just sits and watches. Then Joe sees a lost little frog hop across the garden and jump into the water. Joe's family starts splashing, shouting and screaming as they try to catch the frightened little frog. But it is Joe who gently lifts him to safety -- and watching the frog has given Joe the courage to climb into the pool himself.
FictionJuvenile FictionAnimalsFrogs & ToadsSports & RecreationWater Sports
RELEASED2003
PUBLISHERRed Fox
LENGTH32
LANGUAGEEN
Susan Mary Cooper (born 23 May 1935) is an English author of children's books. She is best known for The Dark Is Rising, a contemporary fantasy series set in England and Wales, which incorporates British mythology, such as the Arthurian legends, and Welsh folk heroes. For that work, in 2012 she won the lifetime Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association, recognizing her contribution to writing for teens. In the 1970s two of the five novels were named the year's best English-language book with an "authentic Welsh background" by the Welsh Books Council. [Wikipedia]
Frog
by Susan Cooper
A tender story about kindness, courage and friendship.
Everybody in Little Joe's family can swim, except him. So while they play in the pool, he just sits and watches. Then Joe sees a lost little frog hop across the garden and jump into the water. Joe's family starts splashing, shouting and screaming as they try to catch the frightened little frog. But it is Joe who gently lifts him to safety -- and watching the frog has given Joe the courage to climb into the pool himself.
Everybody in Little Joe's family can swim, except him. So while they play in the pool, he just sits and watches. Then Joe sees a lost little frog hop across the garden and jump into the water. Joe's family starts splashing, shouting and screaming as they try to catch the frightened little frog. But it is Joe who gently lifts him to safety -- and watching the frog has given Joe the courage to climb into the pool himself.
FictionJuvenile FictionAnimalsFrogs & ToadsSports & RecreationWater Sports
RELEASED2003
PUBLISHERRed Fox
LENGTH32
LANGUAGEEN
Susan Mary Cooper (born 23 May 1935) is an English author of children's books. She is best known for The Dark Is Rising, a contemporary fantasy series set in England and Wales, which incorporates British mythology, such as the Arthurian legends, and Welsh folk heroes. For that work, in 2012 she won the lifetime Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association, recognizing her contribution to writing for teens. In the 1970s two of the five novels were named the year's best English-language book with an "authentic Welsh background" by the Welsh Books Council. [Wikipedia]
