It’s show and tell day at school, and Tommy Fox brings along a box full of frogs. But Tommy’s also got a cold and blows the box open with a sneeze, setting off a trail of chaos around the school. Frogs soon invade every space, drinking tea in the staffroom and even taking over the loos!
The energy leaps off the pages of this book, Howard Calvert’s lively rhyming text picking up pace as the frogs leap across the spreads with Tommy in quick pursuit. This is matched by Claudia Boldt’s energetic and colourful illustrations that convey a sense of mayhem and mischief throughout. The changing rhythm of the text and the scale of the illustrations work together perfectly to add to the sense of excitement. Young children, particularly those who have just started school, will love everything about this book, from counting the frogs to seeing the gleeful children shrieking as the teachers lose control.

