Thomas Find and Tina, what stands against them being together and happy? In this story it’s a king with rules to become richer and two suitors who want to be king. The answer is hidden and harder to achieve. Now, follow Thomas Find in The Clever Toad: The Race, as he takes on the challenge. The race for a happy ending is on.
Thomas Find and Tina, what stands against them being together and happy? In this story it’s a king with rules to become richer and two suitors who want to be king. The answer is hidden and harder to achieve. Now, follow Thomas Find in The Clever Toad: The Race, as he takes on the challenge. The race for a happy ending is on.
The Clever Toad
There once was a land where Frogs and Toads lived. In this land lived a toad
named Thomas Find. There was also Tina, the king’s daughter. She was a Frog. Thomas
and Tina meet in school and were friends. They remained friends for a long time. And
when they were grown up, they fell in love.
Thomas worked hard to become the king’s manager of food and living goods, to
win favor towards the king. He always bought goods cheap and saved the king money.
He was very bright and quite a clever toad. But most of all, he wanted the king to know
he was a good choice to marry Tina. They were excited, because the day was
approaching when the king was to call his daughter in to talk to her about marriage.
Time passed and soon the king was ready to talk to his daughter of marriage. The
castle maids went to escort Tina to the king’s meeting chamber. When Tina arrived she greeted her father and mother and smiled as the castle maids left them alone to talk. The king then spoke, “It is time for you to be married, according to the royal calendar.
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. :)