Frog and toad are friends 50th anniversary commemorative edition The Caldecott honor title frog and toad are friends was first published in 1970 and was the first of the four beloved frog and toad i can read stories. This special anniversary edition celebrates fifty years of frog and toad with an 8x11 hardcover picture book of frog and toad are friends featuring the original jacket and the five classic original stories (“spring,” “the story,” “a lost button,” “a swim,” and “the letter”) rendered in Lobel’s classic three-color artwork. Additionally, this edition features rarely seen bonus material, including archival photographs; sketches; pages from the original book dummy; the manuscript of the first story, “spring,” (written in Lobel’s cursive on lined notebook paper! Author: Lobel, Arnold Lower age: 4 Editorial category: picture book fiction