Froggy Goes to the Doctor (Froggy Series)

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Kids who go to the doctor for a routine checkup shouldn't worry too much. Unless they accidentally throw a paper airplane ("zwish!") into the doctor's eye. Or forget to wear underwear. ("Oops!") Or kick the doctor in the chin when she's testing knee reflexes with a little rubber hammer. ("Clack!") The beloved Froggy is his usual out-of-control self in Dr. Mugwort's office, and preschoolers pondering an impending doctor visit will be relieved to know it won't be too bad, might be fun, and could even involve a gold star or a lollipop. Jonathan London and illustrator Frank Remkiewicz disarm their young readers with giggles in books from Froggy Learns to Swim to Froggy Goes to School. Froggy's silly sound effects and slapstick antics guarantee a lively read-aloud. If laughter is indeed the best medicine, it's good to have a little Froggy on hand. (Preschool and older) --Karin Snelson


From Publishers Weekly
Ten years and 10 titles later (including Froggy Learns to Swim) a favorite amphibian is still kicking in Froggy Goes to the Doctor by Jonathan London, illus. by Frank Remkiewicz. Froggy's nervousness subsides and the check-up turns cheeky when he engages in his trademark antics. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.


From Booklist
PreS-Gr. 2. Froggy makes his twelfth appearance, again putting his special twist on a universal childhood experience: this time, a checkup at the doctor's office. From forgetting to wear underwear to experimenting with Dr. Mugwort's stethoscope, Froggy's good-natured antics keep the adults around him on their toes as well as healthily amused. Remkiewicz's bright, boisterous, cartoony illustrations once again supply abundant visual humor. This isn't quite right for pre-exam sharing, but it will be a pleasant reward for reading on the trip home. Catherine Andronik
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A lightweight addition to the often charming Froggy canon. Froggy has to go for his annual check-up at the doctor's office. At first he's happy about this, for it means a day off from school. Then he remembers that it might also mean a shot and his enthusiasm quickly dampens. It's not long, however, before the rambunctious frog is giving the doctor the Froggy business: making the doctor's hair curl with his dead-fly breath ("I guess I forgot to brush," he admits), yelling into the stethoscope, accidentally delivering a blow to the doctor's chops when his reflexes are tested. The doctor does turn the tables when she brandishes the hypodermic, but she's only kidding and Froggy escapes without puncture. It is all very airy-though energized by Remkiewicz's bustling watercolors-and fairly aimless as well. There is very little meat for kids to chew on in this story, little even by way of entertainment. Froggy is typically good at offering a little direction to young readers-about sportsmanship, for instance, or how not to eat in restaurants-but no such is tendered here, be it positive or negative example, except for a slight introduction to the event. (Picture book. 2-5)


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