Once I Was a Pollywog

Animals Play Series

By Douglas Florian, Illustrated by Barbara Bakos

$6.99 US / $7.99 CAN

In this fun, rhyming story by award-winning author Douglas Florian, meet different baby animals and discover what they become when they grow up! The baby/adult pairs include: pollywog/frog; piglet/hog; cub/bear; leveret/hare; gosling/goose; calf/moose. And at the end, meet a little boy who will always be his mama’s bundle of joy!

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Book Details

ISBN	9781499801415
Page Count	18
Format	Board Book
Trim size	7" x 7"
Age range	3-6
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Publication season	Summer 2016
Rights	World

Author/Illustrator Bio

Douglas Florian is a critically-acclaimed children's book author / illustrator best known for his poetry collections, including Dinothesaurus, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and a Junior Library Guild Selection; Bow Wow Meow Meow, a Parents Magazine Best Book of the Year; and many more. Florian is also a fine artist whose paintings have been exhibited in numerous art shows, and a former New Yorker cartoonist. He lives on Long Island, New York.
Barbara Bakos has been drawing for as long as she can remember. She has worked as an art director and a character and background designer for a television series, but she always knew that she wanted to spend more time as an illustrator. She now focuses on children's book illustration. She lives in the United Kingdom.