Picasso the Green Tree Frog

Graham, Amanda

ISBN 10: 0947212442 / ISBN 13: 9780947212445

Published by Ragged Bears, 1989

Very Good Condition. Has some wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence! Seller Inventory # X0947212442X2

Synopsis:

A green tree frog enjoys for awhile the multicolored skin he aquires when he falls into a jar of jelly beans, but then he wishes for his familiar color back.

From School Library Journal: PreSchool-Grade 1 ``Picasso could plop into a muddy puddle and turn brown.'' This sets up the situation for a green tree frog who can change color with his surroundings. The idea of a chameleon-like tree frog becoming multicolored when he falls into a jar of jellybeans has the potential for fun, but this enactment fails to leap out with creative charm. Vivid and predominantly green double-page spreads overpower the thin story, which lacks fluidity. The story holds no surprises, and there is no sense to the ending. Picasso ``regreens'' by eating all of the jellybeans except the green ones. He thinks that he is himself againbut he can't see his backside, which is resting against a multi-colored caterpillar. Although the illustrations are splashy, an overall coyness in the text, including the frog's name, muddies the effect. Julie Cummins, New York Public Library
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Bibliographic Details

Title: Picasso the Green Tree Frog
Publisher: Ragged Bears
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good