Rollicking, rhyming picture book about musicmaking
and community from celebrated duo
When three travelling frog musicians roll through the forest on
their painted bicycles, the other animals know they’re in for a
great big party. Only one of them is not having fun: grumpy old
grouse. Just as he’s telling everyone to stop with their foolish
racket, their ruckus, their riff-raff, a great big storm rolls through
the woods and puts an end to all the fun. When they emerge in
the sleepy, dewy dawn, the animals see that grouse’s home is
ruined, and quickly band together to help him. Together, the frog
musicians and their friends show grouse that music is for more
than just a party: a fiddle, a golden guitar, and a drum, when
played just right, can do just as much good as the knock-knockbang
of fixing and making brand-new.
Kate Inglis’s playful and inventive language and Josée Bisaillon’s
rich and textured illustrations bring to life this happy group of
friends filling the great green forest with their music. A wonderful
testament to community-building, music-making, and friendship.
Kate Inglis is an award-winning author who writes books about
pirates and giants and mermaids and magic and all the stars and
all the ways we love each other. Kate’s novels and poetry are a
mish-mash, and always infused with the salt, woodsmoke, and
fresh air of the North Atlantic coast.
As a young girl, Josée Bisaillon loved drawing. She pursued
her education all the way to university, where she fell in love with
illustration. Since then, scissors and brushes in hand, Josée has
illustrated more than 40 picture books, including the Marilyn Baille
Award–winning The Snow Knows.