The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders

by Jack Prelutsky

Book Overview

Twenty-eight rollicking rhymes from the undisputed master of hilarious verse for children, Jack Prelutsky, are matched with enchanting illustrations by Petra Mathers in this uproarious poetry... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439560586
• ISBN13: 9780439560580
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fun for reader & readee...

My nearly 2 year old daughter has us read this to her over and over. Last week at a restaurant she spontaneously started reciting "Peanut Peg & Peanut Pete". It's fun to read cover to cover or just a few. And I can see her reading it for many years to come. Definitely a good addition to your child's library.

Happy Mom

My son is about to turn 4 and LOVES this book. We make up songs to many on the poems, act out the different siutations and went in search of red suspenders for him. The poems are simple but visual and evocative of seasons, moods and fun. I highly recommend it!!!

"Read it again!! Read it again!!"

This is a wonderful book! My nieces would not let me put it down. They kept shouting "Read it again!". The illustrations are so nice and I love how the auther incorporates names of cities (Tusculoosa--what a great word!) and famous places into the poems. You will want every child you know to have a copy.

A Total Delight for Young and Old

Shopping for a birthday present, I came across this book. I have never been big on poetry for children (don't ask why; I guess because I didn't like it as a child), and I almost didn't open this book. What a mistake that would have been.Every single page of this wonderful, fanciful and subtly geographical collection is better than the one before. Here we have a poem that extolls the virtues of Indianapolis (one doesn't see too many Indianapolis poems!) in a ridiculous but so- sweet poem. There are elephants in trees, and frogs in suspenders, and all the other lovely ideas that children can accept and love without question.The drawings by Petra Mathers make the book. I can't list a favorite; each one, so colorful, so fanciful, and so very endearing, compliments the poem it illustrates.What I like best about this book, however, is that it encourages a love of the English language without ever letting the child know it is doing so. The wonderful tongue-rolling combination of words, the silly (but not really) images the words evoke, and the simple joy in every poem are tailor-made to enchant a child and encourage him or her to read more.Highly recommended!!

Poetry for Everyone.....

What do you get when poet, Jack Prelutsky collaborates with illustrator, Petra Mathers? An unrivaled collection of twenty-eight playful, whimsical verses that take you on a delightful trip from one end of the country to the other. Visit Minot, North Dakota, Monterey Bay, the Grand Canyon, and Buffalo, Indianapolis, Kentucky, Winnemuca, and Seattle and meet charming characters, of both the people and animal persuasion. Travel with Barnaby Boone in his yellow balloon..."He drifted for days through the blue Texas skies,/feasting on hamburgers, hot dogs, and pies." Find out what happens in Tuscaloosa after dark when the farm animals gather in the park..."They danced a jig and they danced a reel,/then they all sat down to a fine hot meal/of corn and okra, dumpling stew,/at that Alabama barbecue." And meet Peanut Peg and Peanut Pete..."All day long they gaily sell/peanuts still inside the shell,/peanuts salty, peanuts sweet-/Peanut Peg and Peanut Pete." Mr Prelutsky's joyous, lilting rhymes are full of energy, humor, wordplay, and rhythm, and beg to be shared and read aloud. Ms Mather's signature bright and expressive, charming artwork is rich in engaging detail, captures each poem beautifully, and brings it to life. Together, this dynamic duo has authored an entertaining and irresistible treasure that's sure to become a classic. Perfect for kids 3 to 93, The Frog Wore Red Suspenders is a sweet little masterpiece the entire family can read and share now, and with future generations in the years to come.