The Green Frogs
A Korean Folktale
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 25, 2004
Like most rebellious children, the green frogs in this Korean folktale love to disobey their mother.
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- Who it’s for
- A Korean folktale turns one familiar family standoff into a simple story about disobedience.
- Themes
- Disobedience, Mother-child relationships, Consequences of misbehavior
- Genres
- Asian Myths & Legends, Frogs & Toads, Country & Ethnic Folktales
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Start with this bookAbout this book
Like most rebellious children, the green frogs in this Korean folktale love to disobey their mother. What-ever she asks them to do, they do the opposite . . . until their bad habit lands them in trouble.
The Opposite Habit
A Korean folktale turns one familiar family standoff into a simple story about disobedience.
Come here for
- A lively clash between a mother’s requests and her frogs’ contrary instincts
Expect
- A compact, accessible folktale that ends with trouble for the green frogs
Where it sits
| Frogs & Toads | 69% |
|---|---|
| Asian Myths & Legends | 58% |
| Country & Ethnic Folktales | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Frogs & Toads
- The Classics
- Country & Ethnic Folktales
- Asian Myths & Legends
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- Family Stories
- Parent-Child Stories
- Stories Set in Asia
- Navigating Peer Pressure
- Authors
- Yumi Heo
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 25, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Disobedience · Mother-child relationships · Consequences of misbehavior
- Reading lane
- Frogs & Toads