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Summary
A stubborn young frog named Joe does not want to take a bath. He delays his father as long as possible by asking him to fetch his favorite toys, until Father is so loaded down he trips and lands in the mud. Now Joe is not the only one who needs a bath.
"Suitable goofiness keeps this story of maneuverings sprightly and humorous, as do the ebullient cartoony drawings, which aptly demonstrate the good-natured parry and thrusts that mark the lighter moments of parent-child discourse." --Kirkus Reviews
"The time-honored bath-procrastination ploy is portrayed, for a change, with a lovely absence of tension. Good-natured slapstick sets the tone, and Anderson's bright rhymes follow suit, reinforced by fresh watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations dancing on bright white pages."--School Library Journal
Author Notes
Peggy Perry Anderson is a former elementary school art teacher who lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Visit her website at www.authorillustrator.com .
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1Joe is an active little frog who stalls his bathtime by gathering tub toys from his sandbox and treehouse. He tosses them one by one to his father. Piled high with paraphernalia, dad finally loses his balance, dropping the toys into a puddle. A gleeful father/son mud bath ensues. The time-honored bath-procrastination ploy is portrayed, for a change, with a lovely absence of tension. Good-natured slapstick sets the tone, and Anderson's bright rhymes follow suit, reinforced by fresh watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations dancing on bright white pages. The vocabulary is simple enough for beginning readers. In treatment as well as in plot, this title is the antithesis of the godfather of bathtime books, the Woods' King Bidgood's in the Bathtub (Harcourt, 1985).Liza Bliss, Worcester Public Library, MA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
General Pinch successfully squelches any attempts at joy-making on Liberty Street until the Araboolies arrive. "The many-sided satire on fascism is wordy and repetitive," said PW. "But the messages of freedom, individualism and tolerance are strong." Ages 4-up. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
Bathtime becomes a chore when a young frog insists on gathering his large assortment of tub toys for the occasion. Ultimately, Joe's exasperated father ends up in a gooey mud puddle with his son and all of the toys. Full-color illustrations accompany the uninspired rhyming text. From HORN BOOK 1996, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
``To the tub,'' instructs Joe's amiable father. Joe, a frog, is not averse, at least not openly, but he needs a few toys to accompany him: a pail and boat, a rubber octopus, and a beach ball, for starters. Joe's dad urges him bathward as Joe heaps his father higher and higher with tubside entertainments, until he stumbles and offloads the cargo into a mud puddle. Well, a mud bath is better than no bath. Suitable goofiness, in spite of less-than- felicitous rhyming (``Instead of dirty-green and slimy, you'll be squeaky-clean and shiny!'') keeps this story of maneuverings sprightly and humorous, as do the ebullient cartoony drawings, which aptly demonstrate the good-natured parry and thrusts that mark the lighter moments of parent-child discourse. Does Joe get the bath? He's last seen outside the tub, scrubbing his father's back. (Picture book. 3-7)
