simple story told in rhyme about a toad sitting in the road, and the characters who try to avoid running into it.
They all ask, 'What do you think your mama would say' At the end we find out, Cute story would be fun for a storytime read aloud, Has a fun rhythm to keep attention and opportunities for children to chant along, Wonderful storytime book! Bright colors, simple rhyming story, I think children would really get this story and enjoy it, Very funny. Will definitely be using this one for a storytime, Lively callandresponse story makes great use of rhyme and repetition, Oh no! Oh no! There's a toad in the road! Little Toad causes several traffic accidents by playing in the road until finally his mother arrives driving a tow truck.
She gets him out of the road and cleans up the accidents, This will make a cute Storytime book, Such a cute little toad is causing all kinds of trouble, Great repetitions and fun words for kids to join in with if you're reading it aloud, Did momma set up the toad so she would get more business for her towtruck Inquiring minds want to know! Fun read aloud with great rhyme and repetition.
Great for preschoolers! Almost as good as Shaskan's A Dog Is a Dog, which makes me happy, Haha! The illustrations crack me up, and there's a fun opportunity for sound effects, Really want to try this one out at storytime, Perfect readaloud for littles. A tad repetitious, but young readers won't mind, Great read aloud that invites participation, This book is a win! I love the callout to the audience and the vole in the van is totally groovy, Great for a readaloud rhyming text, repetition of phrases, Cute, if a little repetitive, I suppose that's the point though, If you're children like playing in the road, Read this to them and hope they make the metaphoric leap from a baby toad to themselves, Alternatively, they might just attempt to save every toad that stumbles into the street, which might be counterproductive, Love the repetition, the illustrationsespecially the shadow like clues that students can use to guess who's coming down the road, Very fun and engaging for young readers,
So much fun for little ones and language learners! Rhyme, repetition, foreshadowing in the illustrations, big loud onomatopoeia, Perfect storytime book!
Toad
Transportation A super funny story about a toad playing in a road, The animals keep driving towards him and crashes, Themes are frogs, cars, and safety, Great read for storytime. This book was a lot of fun to read with the kids, They got the hang of it early on and we had a blast reading all the lines together, Adorable book for preschoolers. Repetitive text lets little ones "read" with you, This cautionary tale about a toad on the road is fun and repeats a warning before the accidents happen, Lots rhyme and rhythm in this story and fun for the children to join in with the repeated parts, I would read this aloud to kids in preschool and lower elementary grades they would love the repeat and joining in, This cute and catchy story combines three great elements: vehicles, physical comedy, and a repeating storyline, And wow, is my son Luke ever obsessed with it,
A little toad plays on the road, but Oh no! Oh no!, we can see the silhouette of a vehicle approaching.
Who's that coming down the road The text asks and the child tries to guess the vehicle based on the shape of the silhouette.
An additional phonemic clue i, e. Oh, yikes! Oh, yikes! It's a, . . will encourage some kids to guess the vehicle as you turn the page to where its revealed Bear on a bike!, The vehicle swerves to avoid harming the toad SKID! SCREECH! BANG! and is trashed, but everyone is fine, After a few cycles of this, the last vehicle
to arrive is a truck driven by the toad's mother, who finally yanks the little toad off the road.
Funny and predictable, this is a truly wonderful book for a child who benefits from interactive opportunities, physical humor, sound effects, and a strong repeating structure to attend to a book.
Side bonus A safety message about staying out of roadways!
I review books for children from the perspective of a parent of kids with autism.
The review above is from a longer blog post about the best new books of: sitelink lineupthebooks. com/summer Really cute for preschoolers, especially when they are old enough to use the context clues to guess the next vehicle coming down the road.
With bouncy callandresponse text and vivid illustrations, this lively picture book from authorillustrator Stephen Shaskan is sure to have readers giggling along with Toad's silly antics.
A perfect readaloud!
Whos that coming down the road
Oh yikes! Oh yikes!
Its a bear on a bike.
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