Comments on: Frogs by Nic Bishop http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/02/14/frogs-by-nic-bishop/ Maw Books - book reviews, book recommendations, book lists, author interviews and more! Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:11:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Nicki http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/02/14/frogs-by-nic-bishop/#comment-27019 Nicki Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:33:38 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=2331#comment-27019 Aren't glass frogs gorgeous? There's a ton of frog paraphernalia around my house, since during my "frog phase", friends and family all decided that what I needed were multi-packs of little plastic frogs, so now I have at least 50 of them, plus frog posters, frog statues, frog dishes, and frog stuffed animals. :) Aren’t glass frogs gorgeous? There’s a ton of frog paraphernalia around my house, since during my “frog phase”, friends and family all decided that what I needed were multi-packs of little plastic frogs, so now I have at least 50 of them, plus frog posters, frog statues, frog dishes, and frog stuffed animals. :)

]]> By: Kim http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/02/14/frogs-by-nic-bishop/#comment-26970 Kim Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:54:37 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=2331#comment-26970 I bet my kids would love to read this book. Jenn M., wow! That is a great story about the frogs. I'm glad you've been able to move on to stuffed frogs. (I mean stuffed animal frogs not stuffed frogs as in taxidermy. That would be a little much but it sounds like she would probably like it.) I bet my kids would love to read this book. Jenn M., wow! That is a great story about the frogs. I’m glad you’ve been able to move on to stuffed frogs. (I mean stuffed animal frogs not stuffed frogs as in taxidermy. That would be a little much but it sounds like she would probably like it.)

]]> By: Jenn M. http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/02/14/frogs-by-nic-bishop/#comment-26963 Jenn M. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:21:40 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=2331#comment-26963 She just came up while I was writing the review and said, " OH MOMMY, I don't have THAT frog book yet!" which was of course followed by "will you buy it for me?" ~sigh~ She just came up while I was writing the review and said, ” OH MOMMY, I don’t have THAT frog book yet!” which was of course followed by “will you buy it for me?” ~sigh~

]]> By: Jenn M. http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/02/14/frogs-by-nic-bishop/#comment-26962 Jenn M. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:19:54 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=2331#comment-26962 My daughter could probably tell you everything in this book. Yes, 17 frogs and toads at one point. The tomato frogs and the pacman frogs came from our visit to a "frog farm"...I didn't know such a thing existed either. My mom went to school with the owner and he gave my daughter frogs. He wanted to give her these huge nasty looking ones too and giant albino bullfrogs, but we went home with the smaller ones. The tree frogs started with 2, and she would catch them and put them in the tank and I wouldn't notice for a while. Convincing her to give them up was hard, but our new house has a cool creek out back and I convinced her that she would still be able to hear them at night. By the way, male treefrogs are REALLY loud at night and toads make a sound like chirping birds. We stick to frog stuffed animals now. I think she has about 20 different ones, usually found at garage sales and Goodwill stores while I am searching for books. I can't complain at $.25 and they don't eat. :) My daughter could probably tell you everything in this book.

Yes, 17 frogs and toads at one point. The tomato frogs and the pacman frogs came from our visit to a “frog farm”…I didn’t know such a thing existed either. My mom went to school with the owner and he gave my daughter frogs. He wanted to give her these huge nasty looking ones too and giant albino bullfrogs, but we went home with the smaller ones.

The tree frogs started with 2, and she would catch them and put them in the tank and I wouldn’t notice for a while. Convincing her to give them up was hard, but our new house has a cool creek out back and I convinced her that she would still be able to hear them at night.

By the way, male treefrogs are REALLY loud at night and toads make a sound like chirping birds.

We stick to frog stuffed animals now. I think she has about 20 different ones, usually found at garage sales and Goodwill stores while I am searching for books. I can’t complain at $.25 and they don’t eat. :)

]]> By: Natasha Maw http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/02/14/frogs-by-nic-bishop/#comment-26957 Natasha Maw Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:09:29 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=2331#comment-26957 Jeane - The see-through frog was amazing! You can see all of it's organs and everything. I don't think I want a frog though. Jenn M. - You had 17 frogs in your house?! 17! My, oh my. That is an obsession! Jeane – The see-through frog was amazing! You can see all of it’s organs and everything. I don’t think I want a frog though.

Jenn M. – You had 17 frogs in your house?! 17! My, oh my. That is an obsession!

]]> By: Jenn M. http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/02/14/frogs-by-nic-bishop/#comment-26882 Jenn M. Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:24:26 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=2331#comment-26882 ~sigh~ my oldest daughter is obsessed with frogs. We actually had at one point in time, 8 tree frogs, 5 toads, 2 pacman frogs, and 2 tomato frogs. We convinced her finally that the toads would be happier in the creek out back. Then she traded her tree frogs for the family puppy. The other frogs are cool though. One tomato frog succumbed to what seemed like a stroke. It turned around in circles for about a week and then eventually became an ex-frog by falling into its water bowl. One Pacman frog died of a disease common to the breed. Two are better than the hoard we had before. We still have frog stuffed animals, posters, figurines, and everything else. We will have to give this one a look, even though I think we might have seen it. ~sigh~ my oldest daughter is obsessed with frogs. We actually had at one point in time, 8 tree frogs, 5 toads, 2 pacman frogs, and 2 tomato frogs.

We convinced her finally that the toads would be happier in the creek out back. Then she traded her tree frogs for the family puppy. The other frogs are cool though. One tomato frog succumbed to what seemed like a stroke. It turned around in circles for about a week and then eventually became an ex-frog by falling into its water bowl. One Pacman frog died of a disease common to the breed. Two are better than the hoard we had before.

We still have frog stuffed animals, posters, figurines, and everything else.

We will have to give this one a look, even though I think we might have seen it.

]]> By: Jeane http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/02/14/frogs-by-nic-bishop/#comment-26871 Jeane Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:30:12 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=2331#comment-26871 I knew some could hibernate half-frozen, but see-through frogs? Gliding frogs? Wow. This sounds like a book I'd enjoy with my daughter. We found a frog (or a toad?) hanging around our garden last year and I'm wondering if he'll reappear this spring. I knew some could hibernate half-frozen, but see-through frogs? Gliding frogs? Wow. This sounds like a book I’d enjoy with my daughter. We found a frog (or a toad?) hanging around our garden last year and I’m wondering if he’ll reappear this spring.

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