It's Mine! by Leo Leoni

Three selfish frogs live together on an island in the middle of Rainbow Pond. All day long they bicker: It’s mine! It’s mine! It’s mine! But a bad storm and a big brown toad help them realize that sharing is much more fun. With characteristic clarity, simplicity and exuberance, Leo Lionni makes it possible for kids to see themselves through the antics of others who share our world.

 

Leo Lionni is an artist, designer, sculptor and author of chldren's books. I love reading his stories and much more I love the illustrations. In this story he tells us about the benefits of sharing.

 

Here's some great animation I found on Vimeo: Cornelius (1986), Frederick (1986) 

 and Fish is Fish.

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Being inspired by the book My Little 3 and Me by Emma is sharing a cute  Paper Plate Frog Mask  

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 Kindergarten Nana has turned the book into a hole project - a script, which you can also download. 

“These are all eggs of things. They will be our secret.”

"Tadpoles are much better than fish,  Buzz said. Tadpoles grow up to be frogs".

Eggs of Things: Anne Sexton’s 1963 Children’s Book

by Maria Popova
 
p.s. Maria Popova is a Bulgarian writer, blogger, and critic living in Brooklyn, New York^. She is known for her blog BrainPickings.org, which features her writing on culture and found objects off and on the Internet.