Ken Kimura

Everybody's favorite frogs are back in Ken Kimura and Yasunari Murakami's ticklish tale about size "Are you my big brother?" The last (and littlest) tadpole to be born is thrilled to hear that anyone thinks he's BIG--even if it's a baby crayfish. And the two form a fast friendship, until deep in the night Mommy crayfish finds her baby and takes him home. But when the little tadpole finally becomes a frog, he doesn't forget his little brother and it all pays off when the little frog meets a BIG snake Who will save the 999 frog brothers? Never underestimate the size of true friendship

Ikke dytt! Mamma, det er for trangt! Pappa sukker: - Froskemor, det er ikke annet å gjøre, dammen er for liten, vi må flytte. Det er lettere sagt enn gjort med en familie på 999 - og der ute i det ukjente venter farlige rovdyr på en godbit eller 999!

"Free of irony and full of innocent, even clich d, wonder at the beauties of spring ("I always oversleep and miss seeing the flowers, but this year I am awake on time. Thank you " says the turtle), this book is a gift to the youngest readers, who should thoroughly enjoy it." - Publishers Weekly Wake up--it's springtime in the swamp As 999 young frogs awaken, they panic to find that all of the other animals are still asleep. First they wake the biggest frog... then the tortoise, the lizard, and the ladybugs. But when they hop down a hole and all pull together, they find someone they don't want to wake--a big, long snake. Don't wake him up Luckily for the frogs, the tortoise carefully carries him away. Ken Kimura and Yasunari Murakami are back again in this delightful tale about frogs and friendship