In winter, "City Dog didn't stop to eat the snow he ran straight for Country Frog's rock." But Country Frog isn't there.įinally, when Spring comes again, there's a nice full circle as a new creature sees City Dog sitting on a rock. When Fall comes, Country Frog is tired, so they play "remember-ing games," remembering together all the fun they have had during City Dog's visits. I love the way the pictures show Country Frog throwing a stick and City Dog eagerly running to fetch it, but then they finish when "Country Frog was too tired to sniff and fetch and bark anymore." When Summer comes, City Dog teaches Country Frog "City Dog games," involving sniffing and fetching and barking. The first page of "Spring" explains the set up:Ĭountry Frog's games involved jumping and splashing and croaking. The words are on pages facing big, beautiful watercolor paintings. We have a section for each season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and then Spring again. (Though both components are definitely necessary and work together beautifully.) I'm already thinking that I hope this book gets some recognition from the Caldecott Award committee.
The pictures in that book are beautiful, and the result is a quiet, meditative book.Īs big a fan as I am of Mo Willems, what blew me away about City Dog, Country Frog was not the words but the illustrations. I've already reviewed Jon J Muth's book, Zen Shorts.
It's a book written by Mo Willems, but illustrated by someone else. However, City Dog, Country Frog, is something new. They're consistently brilliant, and how many times should I say that? So I try to only review the stand-outs among stand-outs. It's gotten to the point that I resist reviewing his books - because I think I may be getting tedious telling every parent and child I know to read Mo Willems' books. I'm sure that everyone who reads my reviews regularly knows that I am a huge Mo Willems fan. 60 pages.Ģ010 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #4 Picture Books Hyperion Books for Children, New York, 2010.
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