“It’s like a diorama you’d make in grade school, where you’d take a shoebox and cut a hole to make a scene inside.

“It’s almost as if you’re lying on your tummy in your backyard, peering through some blades of grass and looking into a world that’s at ground level,” Hoegee tells The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, speaking over Zoom. As you watch the show, you feel small like Frog and Toad, reclined on the lawn on a warm summer’s day. Rob Hoegee, the showrunner for the new adaptation of the picture books, describes the series in a way that makes you yearn for the past, and for the time when you were young.

Though the Frog and Toad books were written for children in the 1970s, they’ve stood the test of time-two best buddies who have become a friendly nugget of nostalgia for multiple generations. The series features art that feels drawn straight out from the hand of late writer and illustrator Arnold Lobel, with stories from all four Frog and Toad books: Frog and Toad Are Friends, Frog and Toad Together, Frog and Toad All Year, and Days With Frog and Toad. We can’t all shrink down to the size of the tiny amphibians-but we can now live vicariously through the beloved characters, thanks to a new kids show heading to Apple TV+ on April 28. What if life’s biggest issues were lacking the willpower to stop eating cookies, goofy bathing suits, and deciding on a flavor of ice cream? The classic Frog and Toad stories by Arnold Lobel have won numerous awards and honors, including a Newbery Honor ( Frog and Toad Together), a Caldecott Honor ( Frog and Toad Are Friends), ALA Notable Children’s Book, Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book), School Library Journal Best Children’s Book, and Library of Congress Children’s Book.Life might be a little easier if we could all pack up our things and move into the world of Frog and Toad. This reading collection is a Level Two I Can Read, geared toward kids who read on their own but still need a little help. No matter what kind of situation they find themselves in, one thing is certain: Frog and Toad will always be together. Share the adventures of best friends Frog and Toad as they fly a kite, resist the temptation of cookies, and search for a lost button. This 9 x 9 hardcover treasury includes the complete art and text from four classics: Frog and Toad Are Friends, Frog and Toad Together, Frog and Toad All Year, and Days with Frog and Toad. And includes a detachable sheet of stickers! Celebrate the power of friendship with all four of the beloved Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel in one gorgeous volume.

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