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Some Frog!

by Eve Bunting · 1998

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Billy is disappointed when his father doesn't show up to help him catch a frog for the frog-jumping competition at school, but the one he and his mother catch wins the championship and Billy begins to accept his father's absence.

Themes
divorcedivorceMore like thisLess of thisfather sonfather sonMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 48 pages

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