Frog and Toad Are Friends 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition A Caldecott Honor Award Winner from the Classic Animal Friendship and Adventure Series, Great for Growing Reading Skills and Early Literacy Development for Kids [ages 4-8]

This book is termed an "easy reader," but in truth, it is poetry. Lobel's introduction to his beloved woodland pair, whose many books of adventure have endured for more than 50 years, is a lyrical meditation on the joys and challenges of friendship. It is wonderful to read aloud, and wonderful to hear-again and again and again. - Kate DiCamillo, The Atlantic 65 Essential Children's Books, 2025

A leggy green frog and a squat green toad do for friendship something of what Little Bear does for kinship. - Kirkus Reviews

In five brief stories Frog plays straight man to his best friend Toad. Simply plotted and full of the give-and-take of friendship...the illustrations abound in cheerful good humor. - New York Times

A happy book, this collection of five stories recounts the adventures of two best friends. The illustrations are so enticing that they will lead any child into learning to read the words they illustrate-again and again and again. You'll see. - Publishers Weekly