{"id":6538432970831,"title":"The Froggies Do NOT Want to Sleep","handle":"the-froggies-do-not-want-to-sleep","description":"\u003ch6\u003eBoard book edition coming June 3, 2025. Pre-order today!\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/adam-gustavson\" data-mce-href=\"\/pages\/adam-gustavson\"\u003eAdam Gustavson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNot a wink. Not a yawn. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's bedtime for little froggies everywhere. But they simply do not want to sleep. 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He has illustrated several picture books, including the award-winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGood Luck, Mrs. K!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLong-Armed Ludy and the First Women's Olympics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFlip: How the Frisbee Took Flight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDirty Rats\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Froggies Do Not Want to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is his author-illustrator debut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/adam-gustavson\" data-mce-href=\"\/pages\/adam-gustavson\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Adam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/star-fade.gif?4673889858015672850\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/star-fade.gif?4673889858015672850\"\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\nEschewing sleep, the froggies engage in bizarre nighttime capers. 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Why go to bed when you can play the accordion, dance underwater ballet, and hold burping contests with strange alien lifeforms?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor every kid who ever came up with an outlandish excuse for why it can't be bedtime yet, these froggies' antics will delight and entertain.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/breaking-news-bear-alert\" data-mce-href=\"\/products\/breaking-news-bear-alert\"\u003eBreaking News: Bear Alert\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/night-night-curiosity\" data-mce-href=\"\/products\/night-night-curiosity\"\u003eNight Night, Curiosity\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[TABS]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/froggies-do-not-want-to-sleep-spread.jpg?v=1614713373\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" class=\"cvr-border-gray\" data-mce-style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/froggies-do-not-want-to-sleep-spread.jpg?v=1614713373\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e \u003cscript src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-shape=\"round\" defer async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"medium-cover\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/froggies-do-not-want-to-sleep-cover.jpg?v=1612882914\" alt=\"\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/froggies-do-not-want-to-sleep-cover.jpg?v=1612882914\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"product-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/froggies-do-not-want-to-sleep-cover-hires.jpg.zip?v=1614713391\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/froggies-do-not-want-to-sleep-cover-hires.jpg.zip?v=1614713391\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdam Gustavson, author-illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edam Gustavson received his bachelor's degree in illustration from Rowan University and his master's from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has illustrated several picture books, including the award-winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGood Luck, Mrs. K!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLong-Armed Ludy and the First Women's Olympics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFlip: How the Frisbee Took Flight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDirty Rats\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Froggies Do Not Want to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is his author-illustrator debut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/adam-gustavson\" data-mce-href=\"\/pages\/adam-gustavson\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Adam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/star-fade.gif?4673889858015672850\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/star-fade.gif?4673889858015672850\"\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\nEschewing sleep, the froggies engage in bizarre nighttime capers. This unusual bedtime book alerts readers with the bold opening message that “the froggies do NOT want to sleep.” Indeed! Instead, the froggies want to hop. Reasonable. They also want to practice the accordion, ride unicycles, and play dress up! Hmmm? They want to go on long country drives and “joust like knights.” OK. And they want to perform underwater ballet and “tame ferocious beasties”! Really? Pushing the envelope totally, the froggies want to sing opera while being shot from a cannon, fly spaceships, and engage in burping contests with ET’s. But they absolutely do not want to sleep…maybe. Beginning with the froggies’ surreptitious exit from bed on the front endpapers, the realistically executed, fantastically conceived illustrations track the froggies’ nocturnal activities from the sublime to the ridiculous in a series of increasingly dramatic double-page spreads. Early images show leggy amphibians tiptoeing across the page before exuberantly hopping frogs jam-pack the spread. 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The Froggies Do NOT Want to Sleep

Board book edition coming June 3, 2025. Pre-order today!

By: Adam Gustavson

Not a wink. Not a yawn. 

It's bedtime for little froggies everywhere. But they simply do not want to sleep. Why go to bed when you can play the accordion, dance underwater ballet, and hold burping contests with strange alien lifeforms?

For every kid who ever came up with an outlandish excuse for why it can't be bedtime yet, these froggies' antics will delight and entertain. 

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Adam Gustavson, author-illustrator

Adam Gustavson received his bachelor's degree in illustration from Rowan University and his master's from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has illustrated several picture books, including the award-winning Good Luck, Mrs. K!; Long-Armed Ludy and the First Women's Olympics; Flip: How the Frisbee Took Flight; and Dirty Rats. The Froggies Do Not Want to Sleep is his author-illustrator debut.

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Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Eschewing sleep, the froggies engage in bizarre nighttime capers. This unusual bedtime book alerts readers with the bold opening message that “the froggies do NOT want to sleep.” Indeed! Instead, the froggies want to hop. Reasonable. They also want to practice the accordion, ride unicycles, and play dress up! Hmmm? They want to go on long country drives and “joust like knights.” OK. And they want to perform underwater ballet and “tame ferocious beasties”! Really? Pushing the envelope totally, the froggies want to sing opera while being shot from a cannon, fly spaceships, and engage in burping contests with ET’s. But they absolutely do not want to sleep…maybe. Beginning with the froggies’ surreptitious exit from bed on the front endpapers, the realistically executed, fantastically conceived illustrations track the froggies’ nocturnal activities from the sublime to the ridiculous in a series of increasingly dramatic double-page spreads. Early images show leggy amphibians tiptoeing across the page before exuberantly hopping frogs jam-pack the spread. Hilarious scenes of frogs playing accordions, spinning on unicycles, dressing up in period costumes, speeding like Mr. Toad in a flashy red roadster, aerially jousting with toilet plungers, performing ballet lifts underwater, riding a submerged alligator (backward), operatically exploding from a cannon, and zipping through galaxies in a spaceship appropriately culminate on the rear endpapers with the exhausted froggies finally crashing into bed. A zany, rib-tickling bedtime tour de force.

Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-58089-524-8

Ages: 3-7
Page count: 40
11 x 8 1/2

Board book
ISBN: 978-1-62354-681-6

Ages: 0-3
Page count: 22
6 1/x 5