Froggy Eats Out

Written by Jonathan London

Narrated by John McDonough

Froggy is going out to dinner with his parents for their anniversary. He’s hoping for burgers and flies, but Froggy’s
mother tells him Chez Yum is a very fancy restaurant.

Froggy puts on his best clothes. He even has to wash. At the restaurant, Froggy’s mother warns him to “be neat, be
quiet, and don’t put your feet on the table.” It’s just too much to ask of a lively little frog. Froggy can’t help himself,
he sucks on ice and sugar, he slurps spaghetti and flies, and he flops and sings. When he sees Frogilina, a cute girl frog
from his school, across the room, he’s so embarrassed he crawls under the table. Then the real fun begins.

Full of fun words, Froggy Eats Out brings to life the dreaded fancy dinner that all children can relate to. John
McDonough’s tongue-twisting narration will have youngsters giggling along with the irrepressible Froggy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jun 28, 2013
• ISBN: 9781449817251

Jonathan London

Jonathan London has written more than one hundred picture books for children, many of them about wildlife, including Honey Paw and Lightfoot, The Eyes of Gray Wolf, Little Puffin's First Flight, and Pup the Sea Otter. He has sold more than 1.5 million books and is known in particular for his Froggy series. He lives with his wife in northern California.

Reviews for Froggy Eats Out

[kelsey_barrell-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book was very funny and I laughed while I read it. The book was good and I noticed that it is a great book for read alouds. First, the text features set the tone of the book. While you're reading the book, the different text fonts, punctuation, and font sizes show the reader how the book should be read and it also lets the reader know how the characters in the story feel and how the author wanted to story to be written. For example, the characters in the story call out the main characters name. The author wrote his name in all capital, bold, colored letters"FRROOGGYY!" at the top of the page. This indicates that the reader should yell out his name and drag it since it's written with multiple repeating letters. Second, the illustrations were catchy. The author used bold colors such as red, blue, and yellow. For example, when the family is out to eat at the restaurant to eat, the author illustrated the whole background with the color red. It really made you feel like you were in the restaurant. I think the overall message of this book is manners really count. The story shows how manners are important to remember especially in a fancy restaurant.

[jmvarnad · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Froggy goes out to dinner with his parents for the first time, but things do not go that great. I love this story. I would use this book in my class to teach my students about etiquette. The art work for this book was great also.

[t1bclasslibrary · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Froggy just can’t sit still and act properly at the restaurant, but luckily his parents understand. In the end, they agree to eat at a fast flies place.