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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.

Woo does not want to be told what to do by his parents anymore, so he runs away from home. After he leaves, he encounters strange things that ultimately make him want to go home.

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
1 book

a funny book about a little ghost that is trying to be scary but isn't exactly working out for him.
2 books

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

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. 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.

Absolutely love this book! I use this in storytime every year that it's still available on our shelves. This year I decided to buy a copy.
Woo wants to run away from home where everyone tells him what to do. More scared than scary, and it takes a daylight excursion, where he gets washed, hung up to dry, and nearly ironed, to come into his own as a ghost.
The illustrations are large and simple, making for a good read aloud to a group. Woo's world is ours, turned time-wise on its head. Little ghosts go to bed in the daytime and to school at night.

It's possible for a determined and persistent baby to chew right through the included frogs!

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.

This book is great: squishing it and chewing it is fun, and it is quite small so I can turn the pages easily. Mummy and Daddy like it because it distracts me and stops me trying to roll over halfway through a nappy change, and it's easily washed if I accidentally swipe my nether regions with it.

"I'm a big wide-mouthed frog and I eat flies," says the chirpy big wide-mouthed frog to the kangaroo, the koala, the possum and the emu. "Who are you, and what do you eat?" Then the big wide-mouthed frog meets a crocodile - and finds out that sometimes it's better to keep your big wide mouth shut! Fortunately this is a lesson he learns quickly and, puckering his mouth into the narrowest mouth you ever did see, he says, "I'm just a small narrow-mouthed frog and I'm off!" And away he hops.