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City Dog, Country Frog
Description
In spring, when City Dog runs free in the country for the first time, he spots Country Frog sitting on a rock, waiting for a friend. “You’ll do,” Frog says, and together they play Country Frog games. In summer, they meet again and play City Dog games. Through the seasons, whenever City Dog visits the country he runs straight for Country Frog’s rock. In winter, things change for City Dog and Country Frog. Come spring, friendship blooms again, a little different this time.
Mo Willems’ spare, poignant text and Jon J Muth’s expressive watercolors team up to present a reflection on the natural course of friendship--and life--that will resonate with readers of all ages.
Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2010: Over the past decade, Mo Willems and Jon J. Muth have each created some of the most memorable animal stories for young readers. Working collaboratively for the first time, these award-winning authors have produced a picture book tale that is as fresh and timeless as the genre itself. City Dog, Country Mouse brings the joy of unexpected friendship and the beauty of the seasons into focus. The two seemingly incompatible animals--a free-range frog and a curious urban dog--teach young readers of the endless possibilities that unfold when we share the best of ourselves with each other. --Lauren Nemroff
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-24
Summary: "Beautiful"
This book is absolutely beautiful. The illustrations are gorgeous and the story is simple, yet very touching.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-21
Summary: "My Favorite Children's Book"
My two year old loves this book--and so do I. It is beautifully written and illustrated. I highly recommend this book for both children and the adults who read to them.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-18
Summary: "Beautiful book"
My 5 year old twins really enjoy this book. I had an opportunity to listen to a podcast where Mo Willems described how he sought out an illustrator to work with on this, because he didn't feel his style suited the project. The result is a book quite different in feeling from some of his more humorous works. It's really a very sweet reflection on friendship. One question that I wasn't prepared for from my children though (SPOILER ALERT!) ... what happened to the frog?
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-18
Summary: "Deep, but subtle"
This is a wonderful book. I'm a sucker for the emotional richness of Muth's artwork, and it gives the simple story the breadth that it needs to allow children (and parents) to discover a wealth of ripples there. Among the themes present (which not all reviewers seem to have given credence):
1. Very different people can be friends.
2. In the process of being friends, they teach each other about their different worlds, and maybe even create a new one together.
3. People that we love sometimes leave us (and it's nice here that we don't overtly know whether the frog died, hibernated, or moved on, because loved ones leave in a wide variety of ways that may have nothing to do with us). It's also nice that they do the remembering part in the fall, as this will resonate with how many young people interact with their elderly relatives.
4. We miss the people who we've lost, but they leave their imprint on us (that froggy grin).
5. Life goes on. I totally disagree with those who think that this means that the message is "friends are disposable" -- quite the opposite, dog spends a whole season in mourning, and is still sad when spring arrives. But then he takes what he learned from frog and applies it to the trip back to point 1, making a new friend with the possibility of new discoveries.
Anyway, none of this stuff hits you over the head, but all the sensations are there in the delicate lighting of the watercolors. My 2.5-year-old and I have enjoyed reading it very much, and I expect that we will enjoy it in ever-changing ways as she gets older. That's a rarity.
This feels like a collaboration of two great artists, like when Yoyo Ma does albums with Indian tabla players and the like -- they each recognized the power of what the other was doing, and imagined that a combination might allow good things to happen. I have no idea whether that's actually how this book came to be, but I hope so -- it certainly worked!!
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-15
Summary: "wonderful book about the circle of life, loss and rebirth"
I bought this book after reading the review in the NYT. I probably would have bought it no matter what because I love Muth's books (Zen Shorts, Zen Ties, and The Three Questions are among our favorites). But it ended up a serendipitous choice for my five-year-old son as our elderly dog had just died and we had just gotten a new puppy. So the idea of missing and remembering old friends while treasuring new friends was perfectly a propos. The story runs deep and deals with death and loss but is told with a light, airy, simple touch that in no way brushes past the impact of our emotions about such changes. Muth's watercolors are lovely as ever. A wonderful book.
