Hairy Charlie and the Frog

Genevieve pulled Hairy Charlie and the Frog off the bookshelf tonight for our bedtime story.  It’s a Jackie French kids story, about a large bulky hairy guy called Charlie who finds an audacious croaky frog in his letterbox one morning.  This frog successfully (and with very little effort) scares this brute of a man each and every morning.  

It’s a funny and colourful story of how Charlie sorts out the problem of a very defiant frog who has decided to take up residence in his letterbox – and seems to have no intention of relocating to the nearby rosebush, which Charlie obviously believes is a far better home.  I love the wit and the thought process – as well as Charlie’s colourful wardrobe - and have to forgive him for his silly frog phobia.  

The author, Jacki French, is Australian and is prolific across many genres, but mostly children’s and gardening books.