TIDDALICK THE FROG

by Susan--Adapt. Nunes ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, 1989

In her second picture book, the author of Coyote Dreams (1988) retells an aboriginal Australian tale about a giant frog who swallows all the water there is and holds it--despite the other animals' pleas--until the little snake Noyang dances himself into a knot on Tiddalick's belly and makes him laugh ""so hard that the waters gushed from his mouth to nourish the earth once again."" Nunes' well-honed, humorous adaptation is just right for sharing aloud. In his unusual watercolors, Chen (The Tigers Brought Pink Lemonade, 1988) employs light, sun-dappled colors that form engagingly decorative patterns while evoking Australia's parched desert and its renewed verdure; his comic, complacent giant frog is a pleasure.

Pub Date: Oct. 1, 1989

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 32

Publisher: Atheneum

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 15, 1989

Categories: CHILDREN'S