The Clever Toad: The Race by Danny Wilson is labeled for baby - 12 years on Amazon. Some story components should work for each birth year within that wide age bracket. For example, babies and toddlers will enjoy the fun, colorful frogs and toads. The text, however, is more suitable for pre-k and up.
The Clever Toad: The Race contains a great deal of text, so please keep that in mind if you are reading to a young child with a limited attention span.
If your child is just starting to read, the overall text used might prove difficult except for common words such as "and," "the," "make," "ran," "day," "to," and "out" etc. However, I think children (3-6) will love listening to the story being read to them. The frog race to win the princess' hand in marriage was a cute theme. Bread will flies baked in it—not so much. However, I did eat cricket salsa once, and it was good. Oh, and cookies with bugs baked into them. Also good. FYI: I was at an insectarium where samples were served for the brave visitors. It's not like I'm always collecting and eating bug-infused food.
Older children should be able to read all the text with no problem, especially 10-12-year-olds. They might think the images are too kiddish for them, though.
If you're an elementary teacher and decide to share The Clever Toad: The Race with your class, there are plenty of challenging words that you can use for spelling or a glossary test. You might also consider having relay races outside. Maybe set up an obstacle course.
The Clever Toad: The Race by Danny Wilson is a book you can read for many years, which I liked. Many books are for a certain age, and then there are just collecting dust on a shelf. I think this book will be read time and time again. No dusting needed. :)
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