Wanda and the Frogs
Published on 13. March 2007
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-0-88776-761-6 (ISBN)
Description
Blue-eyed, freckle-faced Wanda is back, and with her comes spring, puddles, and wriggling black tadpoles. Wanda is enchanted. On the way to school one morning, Wanda scoops some tadpoles into her sand pail. When she presents them to her teacher, the teacher agrees to let the class take care of them until they become frogs. But what will happen to the tadpoles once they grow legs and their tails begin to shrink? Wanda is worried. She wants to keep them. When she secretly moves the frogs into her own bedroom at home, Wanda's family is in for a hilarious host of surprises.
In this charming sequel to Wanda and the Wild Hair, the dynamic author/illustrator team of Barbara Azore and Georgia Graham perform their magic in another joyful adventure of the quirky and mischievous Wanda.
In this charming sequel to Wanda and the Wild Hair, the dynamic author/illustrator team of Barbara Azore and Georgia Graham perform their magic in another joyful adventure of the quirky and mischievous Wanda.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to First Grade, Interest Age: From 4 to 6 years
Product notice
Picture book
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 260 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88776-761-6 (9780887767616)
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Persons
Barbara Azore was born in England and emigrated to Canada in 1967. From 1970 to 1997 she was employed by the Edmonton Public School Board, working in Elementary and Junior High School Libraries. Since retiring, she has had articles published in the Edmonton Journal and Birth Issues. She began writing children’s stories to accompany sweaters that she knit for her grandchildren. Her first published children’s book came about after she entered the Writer’s Union of Canada’s “Writing for Children” Competition in 1999. Barbara Azore lives in Edmonton, Alberta.
Georgia Graham was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and has been hooked on chalk pastels since grade four. She graduated from the Alberta College of Art in 1982 and first used her art to entertain children in her Sunday school class. Her published works include A Team Like No Other, The Saturday Appaloosa, Bibi and the Bull, The Strongest Man This Side of Cremona, Tiger’s New Cowboy Boots, and more. This is her second collaboration with Barbara Azore. Georgia Graham lives with her husband and two children in central Alberta.
Georgia Graham was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and has been hooked on chalk pastels since grade four. She graduated from the Alberta College of Art in 1982 and first used her art to entertain children in her Sunday school class. Her published works include A Team Like No Other, The Saturday Appaloosa, Bibi and the Bull, The Strongest Man This Side of Cremona, Tiger’s New Cowboy Boots, and more. This is her second collaboration with Barbara Azore. Georgia Graham lives with her husband and two children in central Alberta.