Snap!

by Anna Walker

A brilliant onomatopoeic text accompanies the iconic illustrations of Anna Walker in this hilarious and utterly adorable frog adventure. How will Frog escape the swoops, snips, and snaps of all sorts of animals in the forest and get to the party on time? This is a delightful, gripping, and funny adventure narrative aimed at very young readers, that will no doubt appeal to older children and adults alike.

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Childrens, Animals

32 pages, Hardcover

Published May 2, 2023

About the author

Anna Walker writes and illustrates children’s books, including six with author Jane Godwin as well as her own Florette. The illustrator’s imagery is inspired by tiny details in the world around her. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Reviews

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Storytime 2024.

[Hannah DCamp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sorry but that is the cutest frog ever

I can only imagine how fun this would be to read with a kiddo

[Stephanie Tournas · Rating 5 out of 5]

A smiling little frog gambols through a lush forest. It hears the drip, drip of rain, and then with a “Drop!” it falls in the water. It hears the splish, splish of the fish, and then with a “Splash!” the mother fish scares the little frog away. The frog’s adventures continue with a tap, tap on the crocodile’s snout, and then a “Snap!” as the croc scares the frog away. There’s a watchful owl, a napping egret, and a gaggle of geese. Finally the little frog finds a collection of happy dancing frogs, and the onomatopoeic sounds of the last pages are a serenade to their fun: “Splish, splash! / Tap, snap! / Tip, snip! / Sneak, snack! / Quick, quack! / Bump, jump! / Clap, clap, CLAP!” This is such fun to real aloud! The last page shows the little frog resting on a lily pad: “Nap.”

Lovely deep colors and texture from the ink and gouache artwork are so appealing. Despite the few words, all of the animals have personality and there is happy energy to the frog’s adventure. This is a great book of alliterative sounds to read with young children.

[Jennie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute picture book about a little frog who thinks it is all alone in the rainforest until it goes exploring. The text is solely the sounds of the forest (drip, splish) and the creatures (quack, snap) it encounters, relying on the images, sounds and book design to convey the journey of exploration and discovery. Vividly coloured throughout with a mix of full and double pages spreads interspersed with smaller panels, young readers will predict and join in the sound affects and feel the spring in the frog's movements.

A perfect book to share with young children.

2023 CBCA Early Childhood shortlist.

[Tayler K · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this up for the vibrant colors and cute frog, and it did not disappoint.

This little frog has so much personality! How did Anna Walker do it?! I just love it so much.

The back cover says this is a "soundscape adventure" and it was such a fun thing. The whole text is sequences of one-word sounds and actions that go along with the illustrations in such fun ways. I've never read a book quite like this before.

The colors were just so rich and all the frogs (frog party!!) were so cute.

I've never gotten a tattoo (I'm one of those people that can't even stick a sticker to something), but I tell you what, this froggy and their pals are perfect tattoo candidates. It's tempting.

I also love production details and froggy being slightly raised up on the cover is just the icing on the cake.

[Devin Illy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so engaging and easily lends to interactivity! I love the easily pronounceable words, the repetition, the way the actions are easily mimicked. I love to “tap tap tap” the book. To “snack” on the kiddos. To make the book “jump.” We love counting the frogs at the end. To memorize the plot and guess which animal will come next. Great book!

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much action and suspense packed into this gem of a picture book. The illustrations are simple and so expressive. Edge of the seat reading following little frog's journey home - utterly ribbetting.

The rhythmic verse reminded me of Tanka tanka skunk by Steve Webb. Foot tapping stuff.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely depictions of froggy mischief as it traverses the watery world in which it spends its days escaping predators along the way.
This is perfect for helping my little friends swap their vowel sounds to create new rhyming words.

[Margo Tanenbaum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect for toddlers and preschoolers, a frog takes off on a treacherous journey to join a frog party! Love the illustrations and the dramatic use of minimal text. Can't wait to use this one in storytime!

[Terresa Wellborn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love these illustrations & color pallete. Very short text perfect for littles with matching attention spans. I like the wordplay here -- changing up a letter or two and SNAP! You have a new word & action/illustration to explore.

Themes: frogs
Ages: toddler-K
Pub year: 2022

[Shane · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful book for the very young. Using very few, mainly onomatopoeic words, Anna Walker tells the story of a frog searching for his place in the forest. My K-2 students all enjoyed this story, and the older students enjoyed exploring onomatopoeia on their own afterwards.

[Snail · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ultra cute!

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book with lovely illustrations! Would be a good choice for younger kids, but I also think it could be useful if you wanted to discuss onomatopoeia with older kids as well.

[Steph]

Turn/Level: B(2)/2

Frogs, Movement, Sounds

All text is verbs or sound effects.

[Aolund · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a super cute early literacy read full of rhyming words which tell a simple story of a frog making its way through a wetland.

Themes: Frogs, Amphibians, Rhyming
Age: Baby-Kindergarten

[Nikki Taylor · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can’t really recall much from this one, just knowing I didn’t enjoy reading it, there wasn’t much text and was more making noises and it just didn’t flow well.

[Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a playful and fun book with great rhyming onomatopoeia throughout.

[Andrés · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tropical color scheme and onomatopoeia make for a splashy, fun, quick read, with lessons about predators and prey in nature as well.

[kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

decent

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

i adore Anna Walker's work. exciting, fun, clever, pretty.

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Frog thinks there is no one in the forest. Contains beautiful illustrations. Plus alliteration

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous colourful child-friendly illustrations and a simple text consisting simply of sounds make this froggy adventure a story to engage children and their imaginations. Fun!

[Laura Farrington · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully Illustrated the brush strokes on the leaves and texture in the pictures is beautiful. Love the sounds that the frog makes on each page, and animals around the frog. Would like to see more story for a CBCA book though. Great to read aloud to a very young group, but perhaps a bit short for a 4-5y/o preschool group, but still lovely to read.

[Theediscerning · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lively, dramatic, early early reader, whose only words are in the sound effects. A frog is having a heck of a day, putting itself into no end of mild peril, before finally finding a safe haven. Throughout the we get the noises of nature, and the sounds the other critters make, sometimes in much smaller size for us to spot, but generally in large and dynamic form. It's definitely something to join in with, and as a tool for the purpose of making books something in the young mind where the more we put in, the more we get out, it's a fine success. A strong four stars.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entirely onomatopoeic, this frog travels through the rainforest, dodging predators all the way and ending in a celebratory rain party and a nap.

Very fun, and lots of opportunity for action, jumping, and snapping!