Froggy Goes to the Doctor

by Jonathan London, Frank Remkiewicz (Illustrator)

Overview

Froggy is going to the doctor for a checkup, and he's feeling a little nervous. "What if the doctor wants to give me a shot?" he thinks. He worries as he dresses and then he can't sit still in the waiting room. Finally, it's time to go in and change for his exam, but . . . OOOPS! He's forgotten his underwear! And that's just the beginning of Froggy's hilarious doctor visit that ends reassuringly with a gold star and a lollipop.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780142401934
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	10/21/2004
Series:	Froggy Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	244,269
Product dimensions:	8.88(w) x 7.19(h) x 0.14(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Jonathan London is the creator of twenty-five books about lovable and enduringly popular Froggy.  He is also a poet and a novelist. Jonathan and his wife live in Graton, California.

Frank Remkiewicz has illustrated numerous books for children, including the popular Froggy books by Jonathan London (Viking and Puffin). He lives in Sarasota, Florida.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Froggy's good-natured antics keep the adults around him on their toes as well as healthily amused. (Booklist)

Editorial Reviews

Froggy's good-natured antics keep the adults around him on their toes as well as healthily amused. (Booklist)

From the Publisher

Ten years and 10 titles later (including Froggy Learns to Swim) a favorite amphibian is still kicking in Froggy Goes to the Doctor by Jonathan London, illus. by Frank Remkiewicz. Froggy's nervousness subsides and the check-up turns cheeky when he engages in his trademark antics. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

A lightweight addition to the often charming Froggy canon. Froggy has to go for his annual check-up at the doctor's office. At first he's happy about this, for it means a day off from school. Then he remembers that it might also mean a shot and his enthusiasm quickly dampens. It's not long, however, before the rambunctious frog is giving the doctor the Froggy business: making the doctor's hair curl with his dead-fly breath ("I guess I forgot to brush," he admits), yelling into the stethoscope, accidentally delivering a blow to the doctor's chops when his reflexes are tested. The doctor does turn the tables when she brandishes the hypodermic, but she's only kidding and Froggy escapes without puncture. It is all very airy-though energized by Remkiewicz's bustling watercolors-and fairly aimless as well. There is very little meat for kids to chew on in this story, little even by way of entertainment. Froggy is typically good at offering a little direction to young readers-about sportsmanship, for instance, or how not to eat in restaurants-but no such is tendered here, be it positive or negative example, except for a slight introduction to the event. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews