The Traveling Frog

It is always pleasant to work for children, which is why even «adult» writers often have at least a couple of children's works in their bibliographies. Some wonderful fairy tales for a young readership were created by Vsevolod Garshin. «The Traveling Frog» is the most famous of them.

As the title suggests, this is a fairy tale about a frog that wanted to visit the south and went on a journey with migratory ducks. How did this airborne adventure end for the green adventurer? Let the little readers open the book themselves and follow the adventures of its amusing heroine.

The fairy tale «The Traveling Frog» teaches not to be boastful, but in a very fun, unobtrusive way, without annoying moralizing. That’s why children have been enjoying reading or listening to it for more than a hundred years.

After reading the book, try to play out its plot in a simple game with your child. For example, attach different toys to a stick – and let them «travel» from room to room, while you come up with new interesting stories along the way. Such games develop the child's imagination and help to better remember what has been read. The invented tales created together with mom and dad will be loved by the child just as much as Garshin's fairy tales.