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Gilbert spends most of his time lazily dozing on the dock, until, one day, two gourmet chefs de cuisine arrive at the pond in search of dinner. Too fat to escape, Gilbert must guarantee his survival by convincing the culinary masters that bugs, not frogs, are all the rage in the chic-est culinary circles.
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A nattive of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Jennifer Rae works in Toronto's publishing business. This is her first book. Like Gilbert, Rae eats a lot and can't swim. Except for when bicycling, she's never knowingly eaten a bug, but says that she wouldn't rule it out in the future.
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Rose Cowles is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer. She earned two awards from Studio Magazine for Excellence in Creativity for Illustrations. Cowles adores animals, especially frogs, and they are often the inspirationfor her illustrations. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
". . . soothing text . . . [and] nightime hues, depicting a cartoonlike baby, enhance his lyrical chant."- -- The Horn Book Guide
"A word of warning: do not read GILBERT DE LA FROGPONDE to your child at bedtime, or you may find yourself in the same predicament I did: I couldn't get him to stop laughing and go to sleep" -- Boston Herald, 11/30/97
"A word of warning: do not read GILBERT DE LA FROGPONDE to your child at bedtime, or you may find yourself in the same predicament I did: I couldn't get him to stop laughing and go to sleep" -- Boston Herald, 11/30/97
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- PublisherScholastic
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0590965913
- ISBN 13 9780590965910
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