Let's Clean Up!

Joe the Frog

by Peggy Perry Anderson

Mother cleaned high. Mother cleaned low. Mother cleaned the room for Joe.

Joe is delighted with his newly cleaned room. Now he can find all of the toys he wants to play with. But with so much space and so many great toys, which ones will he choose? His train? Or his planes? His racing cars? Or his rocket? As he pulls each from the closet and the toy box, his room grows messier and messier. So when Mother returns to his room, she discovers all of her hard work undone.
Readers will delight in Joe’s pure joy in rediscovering all of his favorite playthings, the brightly colored chaos that he leaves in his wake, and his earnest attempts to make it right and please his mother.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Family

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Kristin Gardner · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very fun story that all children would enjoy reading. It explains all the different activities that the frog likes to do. It also talks about that while it is fun to do those activities, it can lead to making a mess. When the frog cleans up the mess, he simply throws it all outside or in a closet, which most children do and can relate to. This would be a great story for children to read at home and in daycare to know the importance of cleaning up after themselves. Very detailed illustrations and very colorful. Great read!

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aww, this was sweet and funny and relatable. Joe's room is a mess. He is supposed to help his mom clean it, but she winds up doing all the work. When he makes it a mess again, he cleans it up himself... Sort of 😂

[Kary · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoy the Joe books. Cute, detailed illustrations, and fun, relatable storylines. Reminds me of the Froggy series.

[Hanh Nhi · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love it

[Lucas · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Four stars because I don’t really like to clean up. I liked that he was a froggy.” - Lucas

[Tamara GTC · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good read for all especially moms and kids. The book showed how a mom helped with a clean up project. What happened next upset her in the worst way. The kid tried to repair what he had done so that his mother would not be upset anymore. He accomplished that, as well as a whole new situation. In the end his mom was needed again. This book will make you laugh and shake your head.

[Nicky · Rating 4 out of 5]

He really liked this one right from first read.

[Casey Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Let's Clean Up" by Peggy Perry Anderson is a great book for early readers. It is very entertaining and fun to follow along with. The story is about a mother that cleans up her son's messy room, just to find it completely messy again just moments later. The son tells his mother that he will clean it himself, but when she goes to look at his room, she finds something she did not expect.

I thought this book was great because all of the lines rhyme and I personally have always enjoyed books like that more. It makes the story a little bit more fun and interesting for young kids. I've noticed that it can help keep them more engaged in the story. I like the way the book is set up because the pictures are simple, but detailed enough to see what is going on. It has a silly ending and it isn't completely expected so I liked that it did that. The only downside to the book, I thought, was that there is no real moral to the story. Besides that, I thought it was a really good picture book.

[Reema · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its a great book by Peggy Perry Anderson. It shows how how hard it is clean the room. The mother cleans up the whole house and her son plays with the toys that the mother just put away. When mother comes back to the room to check on her son she sees that his room that she just cleaned is a mess. She starts to cry and the son tells her that he will clean up. He cleans the room and the mother is impressed. But when she looks outside she sees all the toys in the yard. Then the mother and son cleans up the mess together.

Extension- The children can do an activity about cleaning up the classroom. But it might be better towards the end of the year because the children will know where things belong.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like many parents, I am always "encouraging" our girls to clean up their rooms. I rarely do it for them, but I have helped them to organize on occasion. I have also gone in like a whirlwind when they resist, scooping things they just cannot pick up to donate to someone who can. This is a fun story of an overwhelmed mom and her little one who loves playing with all of his toys with exuberance and lots of mess. He finds a unique way to clean up his room, but his mom discovers that it might be a bit too big of a job for him to do completely on his own. Overall, this is a fun book and we enjoyed reading it together.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another Joe adventure. Joe has an extremely messy room. His mom cleans the room, Joe is happy to see his floor again. He's eager to "rediscover" all his toys again. He makes his room a big, big mess. His mom is not happy that minutes later her son's room is out of control...again. The illustrations show her close to tears. But Joe has a way to make his mom happy again. He'll clean his room all by himself. And he'll do it much, much quicker. And, as long as his mom doesn't look in the yard, things should go well.

[Brenda Quinones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great rhyming book. Loved the detailed illustrations. It shows children the importance of helping others and to be considerate.

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this, including the drawings, especially the mother's worried face when the son said he'd clean up his room. I liked the lesson about how nice it is to have a clean room. But I thought the ending was kind of weird and abrupt. It made sense as a pun, but I thought that was kind of lame and didn't really fit with the feel of the rest of the book.

[Iesha · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very cute story about a little boy frog cleaning up his room for his mom. This story tackles a situation that every family deals with and especially every young child, which is children cleaning their room. I like the fact that at the end the child admits that that he needs help.

L.E. Have the children write down a list of chores they do at home.

[Gail · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like this book but my daughter loved it and asked me to read it to her more times than I ever cared to read its silly rhymes aloud.

[Melanie Hetrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute story of a mother frog who cleans her sons room only to have him destroy it. When he sees his mother upset, Joe decided to clean up his own room...by throwing the stuff out the window.

[Lindsey Lubker · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a cute story about learning to clean up. It would be a good book about showing responsibility. Also, Joe realizes what all you can find when you clean up your room.

[~*mandy*~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

We need to own this one too :)

[Sujeewa Ranasinghe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has simple text and fun story, it gives children to good message about clean up. Illustrations are matching with the text, and easy sentences help children to improve their reading skills.

[Dylan Reisz · Rating 2 out of 5]

My mom liked the title a lot, but I just couldn't get into the groove of this book.

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

funny story with cute artwork

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

cute story for mommies :)