Kids into Books: The Frog Files

Author: Annie Dalton

Illustrator: Brett Hudson

Age: 6-10 years

Publisher: Mammoth, $10.95


At the end of the lesson, Angie found him staring glumly at his test paper.

"You'll get the hang of it, Tyler," she told him. "You need to relax."

I need a teeny weeny genius in my pocket to tell me all the answers, he thought. That" s what I need.

The spring weather made Angie's class more fidgety than usual. To calm them down, she opened the book of fairytales and chose a story at random. It was called "The Frog Prince" . The children listened to her in astonished silence. Then Cory patted her arm.

*Tomorrow: KERBOOM!