Fine As We Are

Fine As We Are

Algy Craig Hall 2008

This cute story popped out at me in the children's section at the thrift store this week.  I love the adorable illustrations!  

A little frog is content being with his mom.  But then he unexpectedly gets a bunch of little brothers and sisters who annoy him, are noisy, and generally disrupt the life he had with his mother.  He learns to love them and be a good big brother and recognize that his big family is just "fine as they are".  (According to the back flap, Hall was inspired by his own experience of being a big brother to quadruplets!)

 

The Frog in the Well

Once there was a frog who lived at the bottom of a well and he thought that it was the whole world.  But when his well dries up and he has to venture out into what he thinks is the "end of the world", he begins to have a new perspective on life.

The Frog in the Well

Alvin Tresselt

illustrated by Roger Duvoisin 1958

A subtle message about expanding your horizons paired with some spot on midcentury illustrations.

Other books by Alvin Tresselt:  The Mitten

Other books illustrated by Roger Duvoisin:  The House of Four Seasons