5/13/2023 0 Comments City dog and country frog![]() ![]() Winter comes, the dog bounds out into the snow, but the frog is nowhere to be found. Frog is finally able to admit to the rambunctious dog that he is exhausted by all the running around and suggests that “maybe we can play remember-ing games.” So they sit on a rock and remember “jumping and splashing and croaking” and “sniffing and fetching and barking,” a lovely way of evoking two very different creatures. City Dog visits the country in summer and fall, and each time the friendship deepens. ![]() Their friendship blossoms as they play doggy and froggy games, including one where the frog learns how to throw a stick so the dog can fetch it. ![]() ![]() The dog asks, “What are you doing?” “Waiting for a friend,” the frog replies. Off the leash at last, the excited animal runs out into the woods and meets a frog sitting on a rock. ” series, begins the story as City Dog is liberated in the country on a springtime visit. In “City Dog, Country Frog,” Mo Willems, the author and illustrator of the much-loved “Don’t Let the Pigeon. Friends come into your life from unexpected directions, friendships go through hard times, friendships sometimes end - these themes are explored in two new books using stories of a dog befriending a frog and a rabbit befriending a bird. ![]()
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