I also had and loved Mouse Soup (1977), in which a mouse struggles to not be eaten by a fox, for which he won the Garden State Children’s Book Award from the New Jersey Library Association.Īll together, Lobel wrote and/or illustrated more than 100 books, including 25 in the I Can Read series. The book combined ridiculous fun stories with morals, and was a tremendous success. It's a show for kids, but I think that if you love Frog and Toad, you'll love this show too.”įrog and Toad will premiere on April 28 alongside all-ages offerings now streaming globally on Apple TV+.Lobel won the 1981 Caldecott from the American Library Association for Fables, which I remember primarily as the book with a bear on the cover who has a frying pan on his head.
I would encourage anyone that loved these characters to come have a look. I can't wait for kids to see it, but I also feel that anyone of a certain age These books came out in the 1970s, so if you're 50 or below, these were very likely a part of your childhood. “It is a job first and foremost, but when you can have such a deep connection with the material you're creating, it shows on the screen.” He continues, “There are so many choices today for animated content, kids’ content… I think the fact that so many millions and millions of people are familiar with these books is going to give us a great advantage. Hoegee himself is a lover of the books and hopes that others who still love Frog and Toad feel the same about the new series. The challenge is to come up with ideas that were going sound like Arnold Lobel himself conceived them.”įrog and Toad are not only popular children’s characters but have also found a resurgence of popularity online with an older audience on social media sites like TikTok. “So we had to come up with some original ones as well, and that was really fun. The show features new Frog and Toad adventures that Hoegee hopes fit well into the established canon. The show does not only retell the stories from the books.
“It also helps that pretty much everyone involved with the show loves these books, and that was really a great selling point for people.” A lot of that simply came down to just choosing the right people for the roles,” he says. “We take a lot of pride in the diversity of our cast and our crew. The series features voice appearances from Ron Funches, Fortune Feimster, Cole Escola, Aparna Nancherla, John Hodgman, Yvette Nicole Brown, Stephen Tobolowsky, Tom Kenny, Selene Luna, Margaret Cho and Betsy Sodaro.įinding the right cast was important for Hoegee.
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