Froggy picks a pumpkin

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Title:

Froggy picks a pumpkin

Author:

London, Jonathan, 1947- author

ISBN:

9781984836335

Publication:

New York, New York : Viking, 2019.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm

Summary:

On a class trip to the pumpkin patch, Froggy exuberantly picks a pumpkin in hopes of carving a jack-o'-lantern, making a pumpkin pie, and possibly winning a prize in his class's pumpkin-picking contest.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.7 0.5 504605.

Personal Subject:

Froggy (Fictitious character)-Juvenile fiction.

Froggy (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Froggy (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst00935307

Subject(s):

Pumpkin -- Juvenile fiction.

School field trips -- Juvenile fiction.

Pumpkin -- Fiction.

School field trips -- Fiction.

Genre:

Picture books for children.

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Summary

Froggy can't wait to pick a pumpkin. He plans to carve a jack-o'-lantern and make a pumpkin pie. Prizes are given for the biggest, smallest, and prettiest pumpkin, but when Froggy trips and smashes his pumpkin, he takes home a special prize--for the ugliest pumpkin!

Author Notes

Jonathan London was born a "navy-brat" in Brooklyn, New York, and raised on Naval stations throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. He received a Masters Degree in Social Sciences but never formally studied literature or creative writing. He began to consider himself a writer about the time he graduated from college. After college he became a dancer in a modern dance company and worked at numerous low-paying jobs as a laborer or counselor. He wrote poems and short stories for adults, earning next to nothing despite being published in many literary magazines. For some 20 years before he penned his first children's book, London was writing poetry and short stories for adults. In the early 1970s, he was reading his poems in San Francisco jazz clubs, and those experiences found their way into his witty children's book Hip Cat, which has been featured on the PBS children's television show Reading Rainbow.

After writing down the tale The Owl Who Became the Moon in 1989, London began to wonder if other people might want to read it. He picked up his kids' copy of Winnie-the-Pooh and saw that the book was published by Dutton, so he casually decided to send his story to them. Surprisingly enough, they wanted to publish him. Working with different illustrators, and occasionally with co-authors, London has produced literally dozens of books. Most have appeared under his name, but some have come out under a pseudonym, which still remains a secret.He has published over forty books and has earned recognitions from organizations like the National Science Teachers Association.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

A class trip to the pumpkin patch is enlivened by a contest to identify and acquire the biggest, smallest, prettiest, ugliest, and best all-around pumpkins.Froggy's excited. So excited he makes up a song and teaches it to his friends: "Pumpkins, pumpkins, / muffins and pie! / Pumpkin faces / lighting the sky!" (Readers can sing along for the three reiterations, but they'll have to make up the tune.) But while children will clearly understand Froggy's excitement, they will surely call out the unsafe and even mean behaviors exhibited by Froggy and his classmates. On the bus, many students bounce or kneel with no apparent reprimand. When they arrive, Froggy strikes off alone while his classmates await direction from their teacher back on the bus. Travis takes the pumpkin Max had wanted (but couldn't lift) for his own ("Step aside!" he says, though Travis doesn't seem too put out), and Froggy rudely leapfrogs over his classmates to get to his choice. Finally, after Froggy just barely reaches the bus with his large pumpkin, his classmates and even his teacher laugh at him and his embarrassment when he drops it and it smashes. (Froggy is as clumsy as ever in this 28th outing, and frankly, the shtick is getting old.) Froggy gets the award for ugliest pumpkin (though he's shown with an intact one at the end), and all the kids sing on the way home. Remkiewicz's watercolors reflect the text, bringing out and visually expanding on the lack of cooperation among the students.Pick a pumpkin (and a different book) instead. (Picture book. 3-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.