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    A Hippy-Hoppy Toad

    Author Peggy Archer
    Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf
    Ebook
    RH Childrens Books | Schwartz & Wade
    On sale Mar 20, 2018 | 40 Pages | 9780399556784
    Preschool - 2
    Reading Level: Lexile AD470L | Fountas & Pinnell K
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    From the illustrator of the award-winning Sophie's Squash comes a rollicking read-aloud featuring a very tiny toad who gets displaced as animals--and humans--brush past him on the road.

    In the middle of a puddle
    in the middle of a road
    on a teeter-totter twig
    sat a teeny-tiny toad.
    Snap! went the twig!
    Up went the toad!
    And he landed on a tree
    by the side of the road.

    It's hard to be a tiny toad minding your own business on a twig. First a bird pecks at him. . . . Then a bee buzzes. . . . Then a dog barks . . . and so on. And each time the toad is surprised by a buzz or a woof (or the toe of a sneaker!), he hops to a new location farther down the road. With fun sounds, clever rhymes, and an irresistible rhythm, this is the perfect story for sharing one-on-one or in a group.

    Peggy Archer writes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction for children. A Hippy-Hoppy Toad won the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Work-in-Progress award for picture-book text. 
     
    Peggy grew up in Gary, Indiana, with one sister and two brothers. She enjoyed writing as a child, but it was not until she had children of her own that she began to write with the thought of being published. A retired registered nurse, she lives with her husband in O’Fallon, Missouri, where she writes full-time. When she is not writing, she enjoys reading mysteries, doing puzzles, walking, line dancing, and spending time with her family.
     
    Read more about Peggy and her books on her website at PeggyArcher.com.

    View titles by Peggy Archer
    Anne Wilsdorf has illustrated over twenty books for children, including Pat Zietlow Miller's beloved Sophie's Squash which received four starred reviews, in addition to an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor and a Charlotte Zotolow Honor. Anne also illustrated its sequel Sophie's Squash Go to School, as well as Peggy Archer's A Hippy-Hoppy Toad, Susan McElroy Montanari's My Dog's a Chicken, Elizabeth Bluemle's Dogs on the Bed, and Eileen Spinelli's The Best Story. She lives in Switzerland. View titles by Anne Wilsdorf
    • SELECTION | 2019
      Kansas State Reading Circle Award
    "[Peggy Archer and Anne Wilsdorf] capture both the comedy and peril of the little toad’s adventures in this wonderful read-aloud." —The Wall Street Journal

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    From the illustrator of the award-winning Sophie's Squash comes a rollicking read-aloud featuring a very tiny toad who gets displaced as animals--and humans--brush past him on the road.

    In the middle of a puddle
    in the middle of a road
    on a teeter-totter twig
    sat a teeny-tiny toad.
    Snap! went the twig!
    Up went the toad!
    And he landed on a tree
    by the side of the road.

    It's hard to be a tiny toad minding your own business on a twig. First a bird pecks at him. . . . Then a bee buzzes. . . . Then a dog barks . . . and so on. And each time the toad is surprised by a buzz or a woof (or the toe of a sneaker!), he hops to a new location farther down the road. With fun sounds, clever rhymes, and an irresistible rhythm, this is the perfect story for sharing one-on-one or in a group.

    Author

    Peggy Archer writes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction for children. A Hippy-Hoppy Toad won the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Work-in-Progress award for picture-book text. 
     
    Peggy grew up in Gary, Indiana, with one sister and two brothers. She enjoyed writing as a child, but it was not until she had children of her own that she began to write with the thought of being published. A retired registered nurse, she lives with her husband in O’Fallon, Missouri, where she writes full-time. When she is not writing, she enjoys reading mysteries, doing puzzles, walking, line dancing, and spending time with her family.
     
    Read more about Peggy and her books on her website at PeggyArcher.com.

    View titles by Peggy Archer
    Anne Wilsdorf has illustrated over twenty books for children, including Pat Zietlow Miller's beloved Sophie's Squash which received four starred reviews, in addition to an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor and a Charlotte Zotolow Honor. Anne also illustrated its sequel Sophie's Squash Go to School, as well as Peggy Archer's A Hippy-Hoppy Toad, Susan McElroy Montanari's My Dog's a Chicken, Elizabeth Bluemle's Dogs on the Bed, and Eileen Spinelli's The Best Story. She lives in Switzerland. View titles by Anne Wilsdorf

    Awards

    • SELECTION | 2019
      Kansas State Reading Circle Award

    Praise

    "[Peggy Archer and Anne Wilsdorf] capture both the comedy and peril of the little toad’s adventures in this wonderful read-aloud." —The Wall Street Journal

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