Jumping In Puddles Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) for me, it's the Froggy Books... uhgggg! My son picked 5 of these books up at the library. He now says they are his favorites. :ack2: I just got up and my son says "Mommy? After breakfast will you please read me my favorite book, Froggy's First Christmas?" sure. but not on an empty stomach! :ack2: Maybe it is just me. :lol: I normally love reading to my kids. Edited January 13, 2009 by Jumping In Puddles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in AL Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 What memories! You just brought forward traumatic memories that I thought were deeply buried!! :lol: Our daughter, who turns 12 in a few weeks, LOVED those books. After the first dozen readings, we couldn't stand them, so it got to the point of us asking her which book she wanted to be read at bedtime. If it was a Froggy book, dh and I would look at each other, trying to 'out wait' the other while trying not to be obvious to dd. Froggy Gets Ready...ahh....what a walk down memory lane. "Froggyy......what"? (runs screaming from the room!) :tongue_smilie: (the other) Heather in Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancora_Imparo Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I can't stand Froggy. A local librarian loved reading those at story time and she used the most irritating voice for Froggy. We changed libraries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 I can't stand Froggy. A local librarian loved reading those at story time and she used the most irritating voice for Froggy. We changed libraries. ahahahahaha! :lol: I don't blame you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari C in SC Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 My kids love them too. I actually have a lot of fun when I get to read they FRRRROOOOOGGGGGGYYYYYY parts of it. I always yell it out really loud for them. They love when I read The Monster at the End of the Book for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 btdt. My mother gave a packaged book set that included the first Froggy book. When she read the book, she hated it. My dc loved, loved, loved that book. Thankfully, we've not seen all 5 of them. But I have read them aloud. Just not nearly as often as they would have liked. The book is long gone. But the book I really hated reading aloud is Robinson Crusoe unabridged. Dd LOVES it, so I finally ordered it on CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yeah. My daughter loves the Froggy books too. Sigh. I don't hate them. They're not the most annoying books out there. I don't mind reading them occassionally. It's the constant, constant wanting to read over and over and over that I find annoying. You have my sympathy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yeah. My daughter loves the Froggy books too. Sigh. I don't hate them. They're not the most annoying books out there. I don't mind reading them occassionally. It's the constant, constant wanting to read over and over and over that I find annoying. You have my sympathy. What is it about these books that the kids love so much? In all honesty, I can not figure it out! The illustrations are nothing great, the story lines are not particularly clever... the one thing where I can see the draw is the Frooooogggggyyy - Whhhhaaaat exchange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 What is it about these books that the kids love so much? In all honesty, I can not figure it out! The illustrations are nothing great, the story lines are not particularly clever... the one thing where I can see the draw is the Frooooogggggyyy - Whhhhaaaat exchange. Yes, the Froooooooooggggggyyyyy--Whhhhaaaat parts were my dc's favourite parts. And they liked the drawings. But I don't miss the book, not even a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Oh, my, I didn't realize there was a plethora of those books! My mom gave us one when Emma was little - Froggy takes a bath - I think it even came with soap or something. What a horrible book. Thankfully we never found more of them and she didn't grow terribly attached to that one. It's long gone. I will pray A LOT that no one gives any to the Snort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highereducation Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I thought it was me! Oh, after the second or third time through, how I despised reading those books, especially the flop flop flop part every time he walked.... It reminds me of when I was about three and my favorite book was about an Itty-Bitty-Robin. Whenever I hauled it out of the bookcase and headed for my mother's lap, I could see her entire body tense up and a look of utter despair on her face. One day it simply disappeared and was lost forever (I'm thinking it disappeared into the garbage can after we hit about the 1,000th reading and my mother simply couldn't take it anymore!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) I thought it was me! Oh, after the second or third time through, how I despised reading those books, especially the flop flop flop part every time he walked.... It reminds me of when I was about three and my favorite book was about an Itty-Bitty-Robin. ... oh no! I can't believe you remember that! I really need to watch how I respond to things like that. In the library, my daughter picked up about 5 board books and as I was checking them out, I noticed they were ones she picked out before and I said, "Lauren - please show me the books before we head to check out, ok?" and she just gave me this dejected look and said, "why, don't you like the books I picked out? are they not good?" I felt so bad, I said, no they are fine! I just am interested in seeing what you picked out! :001_huh: (which is technically true and I don't like it when we go to the library and it's only MY CHOICE of books, I want them to look for things that interest them) The Froggy books are a nightmare. I don't think I can fake excitement for them! Edited January 13, 2009 by Jumping In Puddles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I think my son loved these books because every single one talks about underwear. :) That's pretty much the height of kid humor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 No tomatoes please! We like the Froggy books. I like to ham them up - esp. all the sound effects. But having said that, neither of my children have been the 'read the same book every day' type of children. We may read a book a second time after a couple of months but that is as frequent as it gets. So maybe that's a huge reason why they don't bug me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommytobees Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 No tomatoes please! We like the Froggy books. I like to ham them up - esp. all the sound effects. But having said that, neither of my children have been the 'read the same book every day' type of children. We may read a book a second time after a couple of months but that is as frequent as it gets. So maybe that's a huge reason why they don't bug me! I LOVE the Frooooooogggyyy books too! I miss them. My kids have outgrown them. Sigh. I need a toddler! Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) I LOVE the Frooooooogggyyy books too! I miss them. My kids have outgrown them. Sigh. I need a toddler! Kris The books are sure popular so I'm guessing you two are not alone! One of the first froggy books I read to them had Froggy visiting the doctor. The doctor comes at him with a shot then... ... ... the dr. says "Just Kidding!" :001_huh: So after that, the froggy books didn't really stand a chance. :lol: Edited January 14, 2009 by Jumping In Puddles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Q Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Froggy was banned from our house after my three-year-old started answering with "Whaaaaaat?" every time I called his name. It drove me nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 We didn't have froggy, but there were one or two of my daughter's favorites that I would hide for days at a time to give myself a break from them. My son likes to just look and have you say an occasional word about something on the page, that's a lot less mind-numbing that reading the same 10 lines over and over and over again. My husband wouldn't even play, he'd just do his own "short version" of any book he didn't like or that was too long and painful, it drove my daughter crazy, she knew she was being cheated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 No tomatoes please! We like the Froggy books. I like to ham them up - esp. all the sound effects. But having said that, neither of my children have been the 'read the same book every day' type of children. We may read a book a second time after a couple of months but that is as frequent as it gets. So maybe that's a huge reason why they don't bug me! No tomatoes. I didn't hate them at first, and hammed them up to the hilt. I was the repetition that drove me to dislike them. They're not great lit, but they got old for me very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommytobees Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Froggy was banned from our house after my three-year-old started answering with "Whaaaaaat?" every time I called his name. It drove me nuts! ROFL!!!!!! Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Here's another beauty: Froggy is learning how to ride a bike and his dad says "I won't let go" and then on the next page, "Dad let go!" Froggy falls and his dad says: "let's try it again, I won't let go!" Next line: "His dad let go!" Nice. I'm sure some people find that effective but my son is currently learning how to ride a bike and something I tell him every time is "I won't let go!" and I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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