Oi Frog!

Portsmouth Book Award, 2016

Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781444910858

Price: £11.99

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Jam-packed with the silliest of animals, this bestselling rhyming story will have the youngest of readers in fits of laughter.

Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools and gofers sit on sofas, but Frog does not want to sit on a log! Jam-packed with animals and silliness, this original rhyming story will have young children in fits of laughter.

Can’t get enough? Look out for Oi Dog! and Oi Cat!, now available for purchase, and Oi Duck-billed Platypus!, coming out autumn 2018.

From the award-winning Kes Gray and the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, comes an hilarious rhyming tale about a frog who discovers that all animals have their special places to sit!

‘An absolute treat.’ – Daily Mail
‘Hilarious illustrations and rhymes which are easy to recite and join in. Everyone will love it.’ – Guardian

Kes Gray is a bestselling, multi award-winning author of more than 70 books for children. He eats Ideaflakes for breakfast, spreads silliness on his toast and lives in a place called Different.

Jim Field is a lead-driven, pencil-pushing, 25-frames-per-second Led Zeppelin fan. He is also a hugely talented illustrator and animation director. His first picture book Cats Ahoy! won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.

Oi Frog!, Oi Dog! and Oi Cat! are a top ten bestselling series. Oi Dog! won the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award and was shortlisted for the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award and the British Book Awards in 2016, amongst others. It also won the Teach Primary New Children’s Fiction Award, MadeForMums Award, Bishop’s Stortford Picture Book Award and Portsmouth Picture Book Award. Oi Cat! was the Independent Booksellers Children’s Book of the Season and Oi Goat! is a World Book Day book in 2018.

Reviews

Delightfully mad
telegraph.co.uk
This is a book that's been made to be read out loud....Taking the cat sat on a mat as a starting point, we find out what different animals sit on. But what does frog sit on? It's simply brilliant.
The Independent
I adore this fantastic picture book... Jim Field's strong and amusing illustrations bring this hilarious rhyming story to life... no doubt going to be the favourite choice for bedtime... for both children and adults!
Bath Chronicle
A very funny book with a lovely twist to the tale. Really entertaining... perfect for bedtime.
Books for Keeps
Hilarious illustrations and rhymes... everyone will love it.
Libby Allman (Children's Book Specialist)
A fun and welcome addition to the world of rhyming animal books
School Library Journal
gets our vote for funniest book of 2014. A brilliant, brightly coloured gift that is guaranteed to have you in stitches.
Mumsnet
Perfect for 3-5 year-olds... an hilarious re-readable future favourite.
Waterstones (Leilah Shelton)
Great fun
independent.ie
[A] hugely enjoyable piece of rhyming fun..."This is simply an absolute delight to read aloud with your child and became a firm bedtime favourite with my 6 year old daughter Coco" commented radio 2's Jo Whiley
Teach Primary
Delightfully wicked, will have the whole family laughing!
Norwich Evening News
Children will adore joining in with the strong rhyming patterns as well as loving the ridiculous scenarios
Teaching English (Primary Matters)
Readers will enjoy the clever play on words as well as the bold and comical illustrations
Carousel
Storytime will never be the same. Impossible to resist
Kirkus
Kes Gray and Jim Field make an excellent pairing in this picture book perfectly aimed at young children... a series of increasingly funny scenes, making this a picture book that is fun to share. * * * *
Books for Keeps
In this wonderfully silly sequel, Frog is changing the rules ... Guaranteed to become the bedtime read of choice for adult readers as well as the children listening
TheSchoolrun.com
I absolutely loved Kes Gray's hilarious rhyming tale... terrific.
Red Reading Hub
You'd be hard pressed to find a more entertaining book than this stunningly illustrated story... Field's illustrations are bursting with energy and silliness... an absolute treat.
Irish Daily Mail
Expect lots of laughter
Booklist
In picture books, the Oi! Frog series (Hodder) by Kes Gray and Jim Field began to challenge Julia Donaldson (and her various illustrators) in popularity
The Guardian
It's simply brilliant
The Independent
Readers will enjoy the clever play on words as well as the bold and comical illustrations.
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