Frog and Toad Are Friends: questions to ask and activities to try
Cheerful Frog and grumpy Toad are best friends. Five short, gentle stories about patience, kindness and friendship, and a classic first reader.
What age is Frog and Toad Are Friends for?
Frog and Toad Are Friends is best for ages 5–8.
Frog and Toad Are Friends (Arnold Lobel)
- Age
- 5-8
- Best for
- What it means to be a good friend, in five short stories
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Read one story at a time. After each, talk about how one friend helped the other.
Is this book right for your child?
- Age
- 5–8 (Year 1 to Year 3)
- What they'll enjoy
- Cheerful Frog and grumpy Toad are best friends. Five short, gentle stories about patience, kindness and friendship, and a classic first reader.
- Helps with
- What it means to be a good friend, in five short stories
- Buy or borrow?
- Borrow it from the library first if you can. If your child asks for it again and again, it’s one worth owning, and the questions and activities on this page work best with the book open next to you.
What it helps with
- Being a good friend
- Patience with friends
- Kindness when someone is sad
- Early reading
Comprehension and discussion questions for Frog and Toad Are Friends
Pick two or three, not all of them. “I don’t know” is a fine answer, and you can always come back to it another day.
- “How are Frog and Toad different?”
- “How did Frog get Toad out of bed?”
- “Why was Toad sad about the post?”
- “What did Frog do to cheer him up?”
- “Which story is your favourite?”
- “What makes someone a good friend?”
For the full list of questions and more, download the PDF below.
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5-minute activities to try together
Letter to a friend
Like Frog, write a short letter to a friend and post it or deliver it.
Button hunt
Hide some buttons around a room and hunt for them, describing each one you find.
Frog and Toad Are Friends activity sheet: printable worksheet and questions
All the questions and activities above on a ready-to-print activity sheet: questions tagged by reading skill with space to answer, a drawing and writing page with a self-check, and notes for the adult with curriculum links and a 20-minute session plan. Pay by card, PayPal or Payhip and download straight away.
- Page 1, talk about it: questions about the story, each tagged with the reading skill it practises, with space to answer or tick
- Page 2, my favourite part: a drawing box, a sentence starter and a “how did I do?” self-check
- Page 3, notes for the adult: curriculum links, a 20-minute session plan, extension activities, and support and challenge ideas
- Read it togetherEnjoy the story first.
- Ask 2 or 3 questionsFrom the list above, while everyone is calm.
- Print the activity sheetAn activity sheet with questions, a drawing page and notes for you.
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Use it as a lesson plan
Children can listen to Frog and Toad Are Friends, answer questions about it and give a reason for their ideas, and talk about being a good friend.
A 20-minute session for ages 5–8 (Year 1 to Year 3), for a class, a small group or one child at home.
- Warm up (2 minutes). Show the cover and read the title. Ask: “What do you think this story will be about?”
- Read aloud (6 minutes). Read it all the way through. Tip: Read one story at a time. After each, talk about how one friend helped the other.
- Talk about it (4 minutes). Pick two or three of the comprehension and discussion questions above. “How are Frog and Toad different?” works well to start.
- Activity (6 minutes). Do Letter to a friend. Like Frog, write a short letter to a friend and post it or deliver it. Children who finish early can try Button hunt.
- Wrap up (2 minutes). Ask each child for one thing they will remember from the story, and why.
Want to go further? The Frog and Toad Are Friends activity sheet has these questions with space to answer, a drawing and writing page, and notes for the adult.
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- Best for
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- Age
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- Best for
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- Age
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- Best for
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- Age
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By the Growing Wise team · Last reviewed: 25 October 2026
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