Froggy Eats Out
On the occasion of Froggy's parents' anniversary, it's time for  the family to head for Chez Yum, a hoity-toity restaurant with  tablecloths and flower-filled vases. This means trouble. Froggy only has  a few rules to remember--"Be neat, be quiet, and don't put your feet on  the table"--but it's absolutely not that simple. Froggy fidgets, shakes  salt on his hand and licks it, bangs his spoon on the table, flips his  spoon (bonk! oops!), pulls petals off flowers, sucks on sugar cubes (and  ice cubes), and then, of course, simply must flop around singing. Just as  he's getting down to actually eating, he spies his pretty classmate  Frogilina, a guest star fromFroggy's First Kiss.  This doesn't help matters. As an embarrassed Froggy ducks under the  tablecloth, spaghetti and fly sauce goes, well, flying. At that, the  whole family gives up and heads to a local diner for burgers and flies.  Youngsters will giggle out loud at the oh-so-familiar stunts (and  trademark Froggy sound effects) of an irrepressible frog faced with the  dreaded Fancy Dinner. This fine addition to the much-loved Froggy series  could serve as a lighthearted way to approach table etiquette, but mostly  it's just good messy fun. (Ages 3 to 6)--Karin Snelson--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.