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Frog and the Stranger

Frog and the Stranger( )
Author: Velthuijs, Max
Series title:Frog Ser.
ISBN:978-1-84270-466-0
Publication Date:Oct 2006
Publisher:Andersen Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $8.99
Book Description:

When a rat comes to live at the edge of their wood, the animals decide they don't like having a stranger in their midst. But Frog is friendly by nature, and decides to find out if Rat is really as unpleasant as he is made out to be. As Frog discovers, Rat is intelligent and good hearted, and proves in a series of unexpected emergencies that the other animals have been too quick to condemn him. The Frog series by internationally-renowned artist Max Velthuijs are masterpieces...
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Author Biography
Velthuijs, Max (Author)
Max Velthuijs was born in The Hague, Netherlands on May 22, 1923. He studied painting and graphic design at the Academy of Visual Arts in Arnhem and then worked in publishing and advertising as a graphic designer. He began illustrating children's books in 1962 when a Dutch publisher asked him to illustrate a famous book of rhymes for children. He wrote and illustrated more than 20 children's books during his lifetime including A Is for Monkey, A Birthday Cake for Little Bear, Crocodile's Masterpiece, Frog in Love, Frog in Winter, Frog and the Stranger, and Frog Is Frightened. He received many awards for his illustrated books including the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration in 2004. He died from lung cancer on January 25, 2005 at the age of 81.

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