Review by Booklist Review
PreS^-Gr. 2. Froggy makes his twelfth appearance, again putting his special twist on a universal childhood experience: this time, a checkup at the doctor's office. From forgetting to wear underwear to experimenting with Dr. Mugwort's stethoscope, Froggy's good-natured antics keep the adults around him on their toes as well as healthily amused. Remkiewicz's bright, boisterous, cartoony illustrations once again supply abundant visual humor. This isn't quite right for pre-exam sharing, but it will be a pleasant reward for reading on the trip home. --Catherine Andronik
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Ten years and 10 titles later (including Froggy Learns to Swim) a favorite amphibian is still kicking in Froggy Goes to the Doctor by Jonathan London, illus. by Frank Remkiewicz. Froggy's nervousness subsides and the check-up turns cheeky when he engages in his trademark antics. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by Horn Book Review
Froggy is worried about his check-up with Dr. Mugwort and the possibility of getting a shot, but it's the doctor who should be afraid. Froggy breathes dead-fly-breath on her when she inspects his mouth, yells into her stethoscope, and accidentally kicks her in the chin when she taps his knee. Fans will enjoy this simple, fast-paced story and the bold, energetic illustrations. From HORN BOOK Spring 2003, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
A lightweight addition to the often charming Froggy canon. Froggy has to go for his annual check-up at the doctor's office. At first he's happy about this, for it means a day off from school. Then he remembers that it might also mean a shot and his enthusiasm quickly dampens. It's not long, however, before the rambunctious frog is giving the doctor the Froggy business: making the doctor's hair curl with his dead-fly breath ("I guess I forgot to brush," he admits), yelling into the stethoscope, accidentally delivering a blow to the doctor's chops when his reflexes are tested. The doctor does turn the tables when she brandishes the hypodermic, but she's only kidding and Froggy escapes without puncture. It is all very airy-though energized by Remkiewicz's bustling watercolors-and fairly aimless as well. There is very little meat for kids to chew on in this story, little even by way of entertainment. Froggy is typically good at offering a little direction to young readers-about sportsmanship, for instance, or how not to eat in restaurants-but no such is tendered here, be it positive or negative example, except for a slight introduction to the event. (Picture book. 2-5)
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