num_pages: 32
description: Despite his mother's warning that kicking at the toad frogs will bring him bad luck, Little Eight John does so anyway and then is shocked when trouble comes looking for him, in a lively folktale from rural North Carolina.
language: English
title: Little Eight John
titlecomplete: Little Eight John
genres: Folklore, Picture Books
ratings_count: 29
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Illustrator Honor
publisher: Lodestar Books