This story begins in a frightful way -
"Frog legs - special of the day."

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"Tee-hee, ha-ha,
you're a dumb looking frog.
Your thighs are too long,
your shape is all wrong.
You can't be our friend,
you just don't belong."

Poor Philippe! His legs are huge and his feet are gigantic. His friends make fun of him, but he's a frog catcher's prize.

Philippe narrowly escapes the frog catcher's net and sets out alone across the French countryside. His journey takes him the garden of the famous painter, Claude Monet. Philippe knows the incredible garden would be the perfect home for him. But will Monsieur Monet mind an uninvited guest?

Explore Monet's garden along with Philippe, and let him be your child's guide into Claude Monet's world of Impressionism.

Written by Lisa Jobe Carmack and illustrated by Lisa Canney Chesaux