There's Nothing to Do! Hardcover – Picture Book, September 19, 2017

I love all the books in this series and so does my son. They're very easy to follow and simple enough for my son to memorize.

Little frog is bored and feels there’s nothing to do. Dad frog suggests going swimming, playing with his toys or maybe cleaning up his room. Uninspired by that, little frog consults his old friends Rabbit, Cat, Owl, and Pig in a search for ideas. The exchanges that follow will greatly amuse young readers, including Rabbit’s idea of hopping around in circles and staring off into space, Cat’s suggestion that he should “lick between your toes for a while” (“Ewwww” says little frog, and the readers will agree), and Owl’s offering of “sleep until it’s dark…wake up…that’s it.” For his part, eager to help, Pig unfurls his “fantastic list of things to do,” which is hilarious but doesn’t float little frog’s boat. At this point a frog guru intervenes and guides little frog through a “be here now” meditation that sparks an epiphany beautifully visualized by Mike Boldt’s art. Read the book to learn what it is, but it is really something. As in all the Petty-Boldt frog books, peel off the outer layer of verbal and visual hilarity and you’ll discover deeper themes and ideas. Such as: Be curious about what others do and why, but know yourself first and respect your own thoughts. If you don’t think for yourself, others will be only too happy to do that for you and give you their own “to-do” list or marching orders to follow. In an era of too much doing and not enough thinking, of resurgent tribalism and anti-intellectualism, that is a delightfully subversive notion for our little frogs out there to ponder and also quintessentially American. Five stars.

Gift for grandchild. Nice book and well made.

We bought this book as a request from my 3 years old daughter. She had two from the collection and wanted more books of the Frog.They are all super cute,funny and educational.

We love Petty's Frog books because they are highly entertaining for both children and the adults who may be reading to them. There's Nothing To Do is another gem in the series. It has the priceless dialogue between Frog and his dad. And manages to have a timely message about finding creative space in our overstimulated lives. Illustrations are beautiful and will have you giggling as well. It continues the fun from I Don't Want to Be a Frog & I Don't Want to Be Big. Great Read!

I love this dragonfly book, so engaging.

My three year old granddaughter runs around quoting this book all the time. And when she starts complaining about having nothing to do, somebody inevitably asks her, "Are you a frog?"

I cant stop laughing. This book is amazing and reminds me of the little people in my life!

Not as good as I don't want to be a frog.... still decent.

This is the second book we have from this author and they are such cute stories.

図書館で日本語版を借りてたのですが、娘たちがあまりにも気に入っているのでせっかくならと思い英語版を購入。日本語版を暗記してるので、英語でこういう表現なんだ！と学ぶこともできたし、意訳も面白かった。ただ、ハードカバーではないので2歳半の子がめくるときはひやひやします。。思ったよりペラペラでした。

I think this book is ok, but I don't want to be a frog is undoubtedly the best one. My kids loved the pictures and the quirky characters.

わかりやすい文章で、オチもあって面白いです。4歳の娘はオチまでは理解できていないですがカエルのキャラクターが気に入っているようです。