This rhythmic story counts up the bugs eaten by a small green frog - and tells how he must let them all go when an alligator tries to eat him! There's a small, green frog on a half-sunk log in the middle of the bog. He eats one tick, two fleas, three flies, four slugs and five snails - and he gets a lot bigger. Then his log starts to rise, and a hungry alligator appears, ready to eat the big, fat frog. But the frog opens his mouth very wide and out come...five snails, four slugs, three flies, two fleas and one tick. The frog grows smaller, the alligator goes away, and the bugs and the frog learn their lesson. The bugs in the bog keep away from the frog, and the frog NEVER sits on a half-sunk log!

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2003 by Simon & Schuster .

Joan Rankin studied Graphic Art at the Michaelis School of Art in Cape Town. Her first children's book was published in 1986 and in 1991 she won the Katrine Harries Award for her illustrations. Karma Wilson's tale is accompanied by the most enchanting of illustrations by Jane Chapman.