FROG AND TOAD ARE FRIENDS: 50TH ANNIVERSARY PICTURE BOOK EDITION

Celebrate 50 years of Frog and Toad with this beautiful commemorative picture book edition of the first book, Frog and Toad Are Friends, featuring 7 pages of archival photographs, sketches, anecdotes and more.

Frog and Toad Are Friends was first published in 1970 and was the first of the four beloved Frog and Toad I Can Read stories. Frog and Toad Are Friends was a Caldecott Honoree!

This edition features seven pages of rarely seen bonus material, including archival photographs, sketches, pages from the original book dummy, the manuscript of the first story "Spring," (written in Lobel's cursive on lined notebook paper!), plus a biography of Arnold Lobel and how he was inspired to write the Frog and Toad stories. This handsome edition will feature matte paper, remastered artwork, and a green ribbon book marker. This is the perfect gift for collectors, fans of children's literature, and anyone and everyone who loves Frog and Toad.

Arnold Lobel was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Schenectady, NY. He graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He illustrated many wonderful children's books but is arguably most beloved for his Frog and Toad stories, including the first one, Frog and Toad Are Friends, which we described at the time as "five whimsical stories about two friends in a forest."