Some Frog

As we have come to expect from this versatile author, Bunting tackles another important social issue with this text - separation/ divorce and the ensuing toll that this often has on children.  In the story, a young boy who lives with his mother and grandparents waits for his father who has promised to come and help him catch a frog for a jumping contest being held at school.  The boy waits and waits, eventually coming to the disappointing realization that his father is not coming.  Mom and grandparents step in and catch the frog.  Though the boy is disappointed, he learns that with the love gathered around him life is "very good the way it is."