Upper left - Once Upon a Bull...frog by Rick Walton and illustrated by Greg Hally. TEACHERS - THIS IS THE BOOK YOU NEED TO TEACH COMPOUND WORDS!!! It's my favorite one to use when teaching compound words. From the front book flap: "It's about the worst thing that can happen to a bullfrog: he's lost his hop and doesn't know where to find it. But when he begins to search for it, he discovers that nothing is what it seems. He looks under a toad. But turn the page, and the toad turns out to be a toadstool. He looks under a dog, But turn the page, and the dog is really a doghouse. And so on, and so on, from a cow...boy to a stage...coach. Set in the Old West, the story takes the reader into every nook and cranny that compound wrods can offer. Will the bullfrog ever find his hop? Turn the page and find out! Rick Walton and Greg Hally have created a page-turner, in the truest sense of the word. It's a rollicking story that begs to be read again and again."
Upper right - Bullfrog Pops! by Rick Walton and illustrated by Chris McAllister. THIS IS THE BOOK YOU NEED TO TEACH TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS!!! From the front book flap: "From the author of the "hopaway" hit Once There Was a Bull...(frog) comes this tale of mouth-watering proportions! Last seen hopping a ...stagecoach and finding his hop, our hero is now on an eye-popping eating binge trying to cure his insatiable appetite. Woven through the western town of Ravenous Gulch, the story leaves a cast of many hopping mad. However, just as things look bleak, transitive and intransitive verbs turn the tables, taking Bullfrog on another adventure. As Bullfrog's appetite and waistline grow, the townsfolk can't help but gather...food for Bullfrog. Will Bullfrog hang... those pictures back up? Will Bullfrog pop...? Only Rick Walton and Chris McAllister will tell as their expertly crafted tale unfolds...(or should we say, pops?)"
Lower Left - Why the Banana Split by Rick Walton and illustrated by Jimmy Holder. From the front book flap: "It's the question on everyone's mind: just whe did the banana split? Here'a a clue: it's for the same reason that
the jump ropes skipped town
the jackhammers hit the road
and the cows moooved on.
And it's got nothing to do with ice cream. Give up? Then grab your best puns and get ready to enter Rick Walton's latest word-play adventure. You'll discover so many ways to split, exit, vamoose, disappear, skedaddle, scram - well, go - that you just might wish you could stay longer."
Lower right: Pig Pigger Piggest by Rick Walton and illustrated by Jimmy Holder. From the front book flap: "It's not just any story about pigs - it's the piggest story ever! When three brothers - Pig, Pigger, and Piggest - meet three sisters - Witch, Witcher, and Witchest - the union is, well, rather stormy. And it's one that grows in increments, too, from big to bigger to biggest, in as many unusual ways as you can imagine. (Look at all the pictures carefully!) Luckily, all's well that ends well - especially when it all ends in the biggest mud field a pig could wish for. Rick Walton, the author of Once There Was a Bull...frog (Gibbs Smith, 1995) and You Don't Always Get What You Hope For (Gibbs Smith, 1996), takes readers on the wild, wilder, wildest ride yet through a three-pig kingdom."
Upper right - Bullfrog Pops! by Rick Walton and illustrated by Chris McAllister. THIS IS THE BOOK YOU NEED TO TEACH TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS!!! From the front book flap: "From the author of the "hopaway" hit Once There Was a Bull...(frog) comes this tale of mouth-watering proportions! Last seen hopping a ...stagecoach and finding his hop, our hero is now on an eye-popping eating binge trying to cure his insatiable appetite. Woven through the western town of Ravenous Gulch, the story leaves a cast of many hopping mad. However, just as things look bleak, transitive and intransitive verbs turn the tables, taking Bullfrog on another adventure. As Bullfrog's appetite and waistline grow, the townsfolk can't help but gather...food for Bullfrog. Will Bullfrog hang... those pictures back up? Will Bullfrog pop...? Only Rick Walton and Chris McAllister will tell as their expertly crafted tale unfolds...(or should we say, pops?)"
Lower Left - Why the Banana Split by Rick Walton and illustrated by Jimmy Holder. From the front book flap: "It's the question on everyone's mind: just whe did the banana split? Here'a a clue: it's for the same reason that
the jump ropes skipped town
the jackhammers hit the road
and the cows moooved on.
And it's got nothing to do with ice cream. Give up? Then grab your best puns and get ready to enter Rick Walton's latest word-play adventure. You'll discover so many ways to split, exit, vamoose, disappear, skedaddle, scram - well, go - that you just might wish you could stay longer."
Lower right: Pig Pigger Piggest by Rick Walton and illustrated by Jimmy Holder. From the front book flap: "It's not just any story about pigs - it's the piggest story ever! When three brothers - Pig, Pigger, and Piggest - meet three sisters - Witch, Witcher, and Witchest - the union is, well, rather stormy. And it's one that grows in increments, too, from big to bigger to biggest, in as many unusual ways as you can imagine. (Look at all the pictures carefully!) Luckily, all's well that ends well - especially when it all ends in the biggest mud field a pig could wish for. Rick Walton, the author of Once There Was a Bull...frog (Gibbs Smith, 1995) and You Don't Always Get What You Hope For (Gibbs Smith, 1996), takes readers on the wild, wilder, wildest ride yet through a three-pig kingdom."