Frog on a Log?

Reviewed by: Patricia Temple - Long Island Community Library, Long Island, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 8, 2015

Review

This thoroughly enjoyable rhyming book features a know it all cat and a frog who doesn't want to sit on his appointed seat, a log. In thoughtful, rapid succession, cat supplies the answers to all of frog's questions about who in the animal kingdom sits where. Some of the rhyming paired sitters and seats make sense, as in, cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs and mules sit on stools. Other pairs are a bit of a stretch but delightfully ridiculous...gorillas sit on pillars, gophers on sofas and lions on irons. Readers will quickly catch on to the convention that the animal and its seat have to rhyme and will begin making up their own pairs. The humorous ending will provoke questions and more rhyming. This is a good early introduction for a poetry class but would also be a just for fun story time choice.

Overall Book Score: very good