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Publication
Harpercollins Childrens Books (1992), Edition: 1st, 32 pages
Description
A shy, singing frog is left in charge of a very special egg that changes his life.
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LibraryThing member dangerlibearian
Really, extremely long but very pretty. Bentley the frog goes on a quest to save his friends egg.
LibraryThing member MelAKnee
Bently has been given an important task of keeping an eye on his friend, a duck named Kack Kack, has recently laid. She is off to see her sister and her new ducklings. Bently does not want to egg sit, but his friend takes such good care of him that he feels it's his duty. He decides to paint the
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unhatched egg. In doing so, Bently attracts a little boy to the egg. The little boy thinks the egg is an Easter egg and quickly snatches it as a prize. Once Bently realizes how sad Kack Kack will be when she finds her egg is missing, he sets off on an adventure to rescue the unhatched duckling from the little boy. Show Less
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
Too much for preschoolers, in fact probably better for ages 8 up. But what do I know - I'm just not a huge fan of Joyce, despite the fact that I can imagine why others are.
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
Bentley Hopperton was a happy frog. He enjoyed life, especially when he got to sing to his best friend, the widowed duck Kack Kack. Then one day his anatine friend laid an egg, and all of her attention seemed to be taken up by this new addition. Bentley wasn't particularly enthusiastic, when Kack
A sweet, humorous story, Bentley & Egg highlights a number of issues - the jealousy that children sometimes feel, for instance, when their friends make additional friends, or when a new sibling arrives in the family - that will strike a chord with the picture-book set. This being a William Joyce picture-book, of course, means that there is also a fantastical adventure story to enjoy, and children will find Bentley's quest quite entertaining. The artwork, done in acrylic paint, is soft and pastel-hued, perfect for an Easter-time book. Recommended to William Joyce fans, and to those looking for children's stories about friendship, or that have a (somewhat tangential) Easter setting.
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Kack left the egg in his care one day, but he reluctantly agreed to watch it. The madcap adventure which ensued, when his charge was eggnapped by a boy who mistook it for an Easter egg, and the many travails through which Bentley passed, in order to bring Kack Kack's offspring safely home, proved that in the end, this frog had a soft spot for the egg after all...A sweet, humorous story, Bentley & Egg highlights a number of issues - the jealousy that children sometimes feel, for instance, when their friends make additional friends, or when a new sibling arrives in the family - that will strike a chord with the picture-book set. This being a William Joyce picture-book, of course, means that there is also a fantastical adventure story to enjoy, and children will find Bentley's quest quite entertaining. The artwork, done in acrylic paint, is soft and pastel-hued, perfect for an Easter-time book. Recommended to William Joyce fans, and to those looking for children's stories about friendship, or that have a (somewhat tangential) Easter setting.
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Awards
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades K-3 — 1996)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (10th Edition: 1988-1992)
ISBN
0060203854 / 9780060203856