As an author Arnold Lobel wrote numerous stories animating the lives of various anmials. My favorite of his stories were those of "Frog and and Toad," as a child my mother would read them to me before bed with the most wonderful voices. Today I enjoy reading them to the children in my own classes, with their whimsical stories and dry humor there are always wholesome lessons to be learned. I still laugh at the story of "A Swim" in Frog and Toad are Friends where Toad does not want to be seen in his swimsuit.