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Little Gems – We Are Not Frogs!

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Little Gems – We Are Not Frogs! by Michael Morpurgo, and Sam Usher

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By Michael Morpurgo, and and, Sam Usher

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69 reviews

Children’s literature legend Michael Morpurgo teams up with illustration star Sam Usher for a rollicking countryside adventure story, now in a Little Gems edition for more parents and children to share together.

The frogs always beat the toads at long jump but the toads don’t mind – anything for a quiet life. But then the children and Mutt the dog come in search of some good jumpers, and the toads see an opportunity to get their own back. Soon the poor frogs have been gathered up and put in an ice-cream tub, and they’re hopping mad! Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 5+

Reviews

19 Jan 2025

The book was okay . There were some frogs and some toads. The toads were not
good at jumping and the frogs were good at jumping.
I will recommend this book.

02 Sep 2024

It’s a funny story but it’s also weird. The frogs were funny and jumpy. The toads had warts.

28 Aug 2024

Good story, made me laugh

26 Aug 2024

An adventure story about the backyard antics of frogs, toads, a dog and two children. My favourite character is Mutt the dog because came in search of some good jumper.

05 Aug 2024

I think this books was very funny. It was easy to read and the pictures were great.

05 Aug 2024

This book is fun and is really great. I liked the chief toad because he’s so loud.

01 Aug 2024

I would recommend this book, it was exciting to read and I loved the King toad character.

15 May 2024

Loved just so funny. Good entertainment

30 Dec 2023

Its interesting that people don't see the small insects that live in the grass even though they are distracted by reading or going anywhere, they should be careful not to step on them. Some people don't know the difference between a toad and a frog.

01 Sep 2023

This book was very funny. It is about frogs and toads and toads can’t jump as far as frogs. The children and the dog Matt go and search for frogs.

23 Aug 2023

It was silly and made me laugh

02 Aug 2023

The book is about a girl called Alice and a boy called jago who called the toads frogs. The chief toad would scream saying we are not frogs because they jump high. When Alice and Jacob found the toads they ran away and then they found them again. My favourite character is the chief toads because he was funny when saying we are not frogs. I would recommend this book to younger readers as there are less difficult words. I rate this book 5/5.

25 Jul 2023

I loved the toads.

02 Jul 2023

MairiG

I’ve been trying to read some of the Little Gems before purchasing them for the Library at school. Unfortunately, they seem quite hit and miss in terms of the quality of the writing. Some, like ‘The First Third Wish’ by Ian Beck, are an absolute delight. Others, like Nellie Choc-ice’ by Jeremy Strong seem to require a lot of effort to enable children to access them. I think many of them feel only partly formed; as though the authors took less time with them. This one was okay but that’s all I can say.. It’s a shame because both reluctant readers/ EAL children and those with reading difficulties love the layout and balance of text to pictures…🙁

04 Sep 2022

I like it when they put toads in the tank instead of frogs and put them in the house. It was funny!

19 Aug 2022

So funny and toads don’t jump

17 Aug 2022

I liked the dog in this book, it was about two children trying to catch frogs and toads.
It was a good book.

12 Aug 2022

I liked the way that the Toads stood up for themselves.

12 Aug 2022

This book is fiction.My favourite chareter is the chief Toad because he spots are pretty.Iwould recomend this book because it is very funny and exciting.

03 Aug 2022

I thought it was a very surprising book at the end of the story because the two kids thought that their dog had eaten their frogs but when their grandma told the kids to look out the window their frogs were there!
I also thought it was funny. I liked the chief toad the best. I would recommend this book to someone else.

30 Jul 2022

Yes

29 Jul 2022

This was a great book because I learned something from it - that frogs jump, toads don’t and are bumpy on their backs.

It was a good story, but a quick one!

26 Jul 2022

I liked when they all ate chocolate cake at the end and when Mutt knocked the carton and the frogs were free .

25 Jul 2022

It was a very easy book to read.
I liked the story but I didn’t like the coming of Mutt the dog.

25 Jul 2022

I liked finding out that the frogs are really toads and how they are different.

17 Jul 2022

I liked the whole book, The toads were my favourit charactors. I liked the pictures. I liked the bit where you had to find 6 differences.

17 Jul 2022

My favourite is the frogs because they can jump very high

09 Sep 2021

A small funny book based on betrayal and love with a sense of humour!

31 Aug 2021

This book from little gem collection is about two children who mistake some toads that don't jump to thinking they are frogs.The collection of little gems are easy to read so I would recommend this book to anyone between ages 6-8.

18 Aug 2021

It's was really informative as it taught me lots about toads.

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