The two quickly realize that the cookies are so good they cannot stop eating them, but they know they will become sick if they eat too many. Toad bakes up some delicious cookies that he shares with Frog. Another teaching, the cause of suffering is desire, could be the theme of the story, Cookies, also from Frog and Toad Together. Toad then remembers the "go to bed" was on his list of things to do and he returns home happily. it grows dark and Frog urges him to go to bed. Toad sits and does nothing in the absence of his list until. He can't even look for his list because that was not on his list of things to do.
Toad happily spends the morning crossing off things from his "list of things to do today," but when he loses his list while taking a walk with Frog he becomes frantic. In Frog and Together, the story A List depicts a desperate Toad faced with uncertainty. One teaching is, learn to live with uncertainty. In fact, many of these stories remind me of Buddhist teachings. You can, however, see some brilliant illustrations from it at John Rozum's blog. Miss Suzy is still in print, but The Ice Cream Cone Coot is not. Besides Frog and Toad, two of my favorites that are seared into my memory from childhood are The Ice Cream ConeCoot and Other Rare Birds and Miss Suzy, which was written by Miriam B. There are less than twenty books written and illustrated by Lobel in print today. He was also married to the colorfully unique illustrator and author, Anita Lobel and they collaborated on the Caldecott Honor winning ABC book, On Market St Like James Marshall, Lobel died at a young age and left a relatively small library of books behind.
Arnold Lobel is an author, illustrator, Caldecott winner for Fables in 1980, Caldecott Honor winner for Frog and Toad are Friends, and a Newbery Honor winner for Frog and Toad Together. As I was writing a review for Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole by Herbert Wong Yee, which is dedicated to friends of Frog and Toad, I realized that, even though most everyone is familiar with Frog and Toad, I mention them so often in reviews that they deserve their own review/tribute.
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