Frog and Toad

Frog and Toad is a series of children's books written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel from 1970 to 1979. Each book contains five short stories chronicling the adventures of the titular Frog and Toad.
==References==
* Barbara Bush read "A List" and "The Garden" from Frog and Toad Together (1972) to Elmo during a broadcast of her radio series Mrs. Bush's Story Time. Elmo commented on each of the stories, saying that he loved making lists and that he talked to seeds to help them grow. He added that his father once planted a pumpkin seed which grew into a pumpkin that they turned into a jack-o'-lantern for Halloween.
* Big Bird keeps a copy of Frog and Toad Are Friends (1970) on top of his fridge as seen in the February 2006 issue of Sesame Street Magazine.
==Notes==
* The Jim Henson Company optioned the property to develop it as an animated feature in 2012.THE JIM HENSON COMPANY TO DEVELOP “FROG AND TOAD” ANIMATED FEATURE FILM press release Lobel was involved as a producer with Craig Bartlett attached to write the script and Cory Edwards as director."The Jim Henson Company To Develop "FROG AND TOAD" Animated Feature Film" archived press release, Jun 08, 2012
* I'll Fix Anthony (1969), a book with illustrations only by Arnold Lobel published a year befor his first Frog and Toad book, is read by Bob in Sesame Street Episode 0036.
==Connections==
*Mark Linn-Baker played Toad in A Year with Frog and Toad (Broadway, 2002)
*Will Ryan voiced Frog in the stop-motion shorts Frog and Toad Are Friends (1985) and Frog and Toad Together (1987)
*Reed Sigmund played Toad in A Year with Frog and Toad (Minneapolis stage, 2002, 2017, 2024)
*Hal Smith voiced Toad in the stop-motion shorts Frog and Toad Are Friends (1985) and Frog and Toad Together (1987)
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