Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?

 

We continued celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday this week by reading several more stories. I am never quite sure how a story will be received. Some that I think are wonderful do not lend themselves well to story time. Others that I fret over become instant hits. That was the case this week. I tried to find some more obscure titles that the children may not have heard before. The library has many of them, but I must admit to having even more. I joined a Dr. Seuss book club when my daughter was born and loved getting a new Seuss each month…for many, many months!

This week we read Wet Pet, Dry Pet, Your Pet, My Pet. It is an adorable touchable library book with fur and feathers and pull tabs. We touched and pulled and enjoyed the silly animals. I knew this book would be popular. Then we read Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? This is a delightful story to read one-on-one with a child, but I worried that it wouldn’t work with a group. I couldn’t have been more wrong. When I asked the children if they would rather be a dog or cat, I got definite answers. When I asked if they would rather be a bullfrog or a butterfly, most chose the bullfrog. When I chose butterfly, one boy said, “Then we will eat you!” And that started it…they decided to be things that would chase me, eat me, sting me…it was a rough day to be the librarian!

We all had the giggles by the time we finished, parents included.

I love my job!

Stories by Dr. Seuss:

Wet Pet, Dry Pet, Your Pet, My Pet

Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?

Song:

Five Green and Speckled Frogs

Five green and speckled frogs
Sitting on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs
Yum! Yum! Yum!

One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Then there were
Four green and speckled frogs
Glub! Glub! Glub!
(Repeat in descending order.)