Oi Frog!

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Oi Frog!
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kes Gray
Illustrated by Jim Field
SeriesOi Frog and Friends
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 245,Width 244
ISBN/Barcode 9781444910865
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
Children / Juvenile
Illustrations full colour throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Children's Group
Imprint Hodder Children's Books
Publication Date 5 February 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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 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. Combined series sales currently stand at a phenomenal 900,000 copies.

Author Biography

Kes Gray (Author) Kes Gray is the bestselling author of the OI FROG AND FRIENDS series of books that has sold over 1.5 million copies and has been adapted into a theatre show. He is a multi-award-winning author with over 70 books published. He eats Ideaflakes for breakfast, spreads silliness on his toast and loves to write books that will make children laugh out loud. He has won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the Laugh Out Loud Book Award and has been shortlisted for the British Book Awards. Kes is based in Essex. Jim Field (Illustrator) Jim Field is an award-winning illustrator, character designer and animation director. He has illustrated many bestselling children's books, including Oi Frog! (written by Kes Gray) and The Lion Inside (written by Rachel Bright). Jim is also the illustrator of the Rabbit and Bear series, J.K. Rowling's The Christmas Pig and his debut author-illustrator bilingual picture book, Monsieur Roscoe on Holiday. He lives near Paris with his wife and daughter.

Reviews

Field's illustrations are bursting with energy and silliness, and Gray's fertile imagination conjures up bizarre scenarios that will have little ones giggling out loud and making up new rhymes of their own. An absolute treat. - Daily Mail Laugh out loud funny, with great illustrations... cries out for a second reading immediately! - Bookbag Hilarious illustrations and rhymes which are easy to recite and join in. Everyone will love it. - The Guardian A hilarious tale with brilliant illustrations, this book is absolutely perfect for storytime. - Bookseller 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 ... a perfect balance of rhyming, humour and repetition.From gophers on sofas to fleas on peas and pumas on satsumas, the story and cartoonish illustrations become progressively funnier. (Favourite 2014 Christmas Books) - The Herald Sun This book is like a rhyming treat, Accomplishing that special feat, Of mixing up who wrote, who drew, Producing something fresh and new, That overall is very funny, And very worthy of your money. Perfect for 3-5 year-olds who've enjoyed Julia Donaldson. An hilarious re-readable future favourite. - Waterstones