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Clara and Señor Frog
By Geeslin, Campbell & Sanchez, Ryan
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37583-613-8
- Publisher
- New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, Random House, c2007.
REVIEWS
Library Journal
Reviewed on June 18, 2007
An arresting opening sentence-"Watching from the shadows, I see Mam� being sawed in half"-signals a far from formulaic portrait of a young Mexican girl. Clara's mother works for a magician, but Clara is not impressed: "Tricks, just tricks, I know them all." When a fat, dumpy painter falls for and marries Clara's mother, Clara dubs him Se�or Frog and imagines him with four legs and a long, sticky tongue. But Se�or Frog-loosely modeled on Diego Rive...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
When Clara first meets Miguel, a rotund, green-clad artist who is apparently modeled on Diego Rivera, she dubs him Señor Frog...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
