Hippy-Hoppy Toad by Peggy Archer

Hippy-Hoppy Toad by Peggy Archer

From the illustrator of the award-winning Sophie's Squash comes a rollicking read-aloud featuring a very tiny toad who gets displaced as animals--and humans--brush past him on the road.

In the middle of a puddle
in the middle of a road
on a teeter-totter twig
sat a teeny-tiny toad.
Snap went the twig
Up went the toad
And he landed on a tree
by the side of the road.

It's hard to be a tiny toad minding your own business on a twig. First a bird pecks at him. . . . Then a bee buzzes. . . . Then a dog barks . . . and so on. And each time the toad is surprised by a buzz or a woof (or the toe of a sneaker ), he hops to a new location farther down the road. With fun sounds, clever rhymes, and an irresistible rhythm, this is the perfect story for sharing one-on-one or in a group.

Peggy Archer was born in Gary, Indiana on Abraham Lincoln's birthday, back when television shows were only in black and white. She grew up with two brothers and one sister. We played baseball in the street, explored the woods, and played Hide and Seek after dark. I loved to read. I remember the many times my mother would tell me to 'get my nose out of a book and go outside and play.'

I sometimes wrote stories or an occasional poem when I was a little girl, but I didn't think of writing to be published until I was married and had children. My children liked my stories, and I finally got the courage to send them out to children's magazines. I had a little bit of luck early on, which encouraged me. It was very appropriate that my first book, One of the Family, was a Little Golden Book, because my mother read Golden books to me as a child.

Besides writing for children, Peggy works as a registered nurse at St. Anthony's Hospital and as a school nurse, in Crown Point, Indiana. She enjoys reading, doing word puzzles, walking, country dancing, and spending time with her family. She and her husband have six children and four grandchildren. She lives with her husband, Chuck, and their dog, Snickers, in Valparaiso, Indiana.

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ISBN 13	9780399556760
ISBN 10	0399556761
Title	Hippy-Hoppy Toad
Author	Peggy Archer
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2018-03-20
Number of pages	40
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