15 February 2009

Commander Toad in Space by Jane Yolen

The crew of Star Warts led by the bright and brave Commander Toad land on a water filled planet on a plastic lily pad. While there, they awake a water monster who shakes their cruising ship off the lily pad. Commander Toad finds a way to inflate the lily pad further so it floats up to their spaceship while the crew members distract the monster.

Unfamiliar word choice means a level three reader. The sentence length mixes short and complex. The illustrations are descriptive of something happening in the story.

Yolen, J. (1980). Commander toad in space. New York, NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc.
ISBN: 0698307240
Illustrated by Bruce Degen

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