Book of the Day: Bad Frogs

Bad Frogs
Thacher Hurd
Candlewick Press, 2009

It's been harder to find time to post than I thought it would be (even hard to find time to take a shower)!  Adjusting to being a stay-at-home mom has been a tad bit difficult both logistically (where's dad?) and emotionally (what's my identity?).  But it's only week one and I am taking it slowly.  

This blog is very compelling to me (as an antidote to making bottles and changing diapers) and I am making all kinds of unique and charming discoveries which I am excited to share!

One thing I have found is that these very famous authors and illustrators often have children that write books and/or illustrate.  

For example, Clement Hurd, the illustrator of Goodnight Moon, and his wife Edith Thacher Hurd, also an illustrator and author, had one son named Thacher.

He wrote and brightly illustrated a bunch of sweet, colorful books: Art Dog, Sleepy Cadillac, and Bad Frogs.  I love Bad Frogs.  Its plot is about a bunch of funny green frogs who are bad.  "Could they be good?  Could they be quiet?  NO WAY!"  It's really fun to read and Mirette thinks it's very funny.

Disclaimer: Steve just told me he doesn't like this book.  He doesn't like the labels "good" and "bad."  He thinks the bad frogs are doing things that a typical teenager would do like staying up late and kissing their girlfriends.  He has a point, but I'm still going with cute, funny, and fun to read aloud.

Thacher has a colorful website and blog: http://thacherhurd.com/.  Through this, I discovered that Art Dog is coming soon to the Seattle Children's Theater.  I will definitely be there!