SOME FROG!

Eve Bunting, , illus. by Scott Medlock. . Harcourt/Voyager, $6 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-15-216384-6

"Huckleberry Finn has nothing on Billy when it comes to frog-jumping contests," wrote PW. "Easy-flowing dialogue and realistic situations give this picture book/chapter book both depth and heart." Ages 6-9. (Apr.)

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