Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London (published 1992) is definitely not a favorite of mine (and I despise the others in the series), but given my son’s love of it, it is a perfect book to include on a snowy day book list. Froggy wakes up one winter morning and wants to play in the snow, despite his mother’s reminder that frogs should hibernate during the winter. He goes outside, only to be reminded by his mother that he’s forgotten to put something on.
My son loves when the mother calls to Froggy from the house, and he loves the punch line of what he’s forgotten. When I read it aloud, I am inclined to ignore the author’s “sounds” (each item of clothing makes a sound, like “Zip!” or “Zup!”) as that is the part I dislike about reading this book aloud. However, I suspect children love the sounds of getting dressed. It really is the best part for them. It is a funny story about a silly froggy and it’s sure to bring laughs every time we read it.
Given the two feet of snow that fell on my community yesterday, I feel it’s appropriate to focus on some of the snowy day books my three-year-old son and I have enjoyed lately. He loves snow and especially snowmen, so I searched out some potential favorites even before this week’s storm hit. See more of our snowy day books from this week by clicking “previous review” or “next review.”
