The Secret of the Stone Frog
the award-winning and bestselling masterpiece by David Nytra,
is back in print in a library-bound hardcover edition ($16.95) 
AND is now also in a very affordable
paperback edition ($9.99).

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Award-winning author Vera Brosgol calls The Secret of the Stone Frog
​"a trivia game of 'spot the homage.'"

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Vera Brosgol

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Best known for her graphic novels, Anya's Ghost and Be Prepared​, and her 2017 Caldecott Honor Book, Leave Me Alone, Brosgol's illustrated review for "Stone Frog" originally appeared in The New York Times Sunday Book Review on November 9, 2012.

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By Vera Brosgol, The New York Times

VIEW AT THE NEW YORK TIMES
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The Secret of the Stone Frog
by David Nytra
A TOON Graphic
SERIES: Leah and Alan Adventure

INTEREST LEVEL: Age 8+ 
READING LEVEL: Grade 3+
LEXILE LEVEL: GN 220 
GUIDED READING LEVEL: K

Hardcover $16.95 
ISBN: 978-1-935179-18-4 

NEW in Paperback $9.99
ISBN: 978-1-943145-46-1
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★ ALSC Graphic Novels Reading List (2016)

★ Connecticut State Nutmeg Book Award Nominee (2015)

★ Harvey Award Nominee (2013)

★ Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth, Graphic Novels (2013)

★ The New York Public Library’s Children’s Book List of 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing (2012)

★ School Library Journal’s Top Ten Graphic Novels (2012)

★ A Junior Library Guild Selection

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With meticulous black and white illustration, The Secret of the Stone Frog leads readers into a rich, magical world they won't want to leave. It's the perfect book for dreamy, adventurous kids (and their parents!).

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★★★ 
A beguiling experience that deserves multiple immersions.”​★★

-Publisher's Weekly 
(starred review)

“A fantastic adventure, this bittersweet chimera will leave you breathless.”

Also from David Nytra



“Each picture in the book looks like a feat of human industry.” 

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And don't miss TOON on Saturday November 2, at Comic Arts Brooklyn​! 

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Pratt Activities Resource Center
200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
​11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

At 11 a.m. Françoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman will be in conversation with Chris Ware and TOON will be exhibiting all day at Booth D24 along with Kevin McCloskey, author of the Giggle and Learn Series, and Ben Nadler, author of The White Snake!  More info here.

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Françoise Mouly

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Art Spiegelman

Catch Mouly and Spiegelman signing
​at the TOON Booth (D24) at 3pm!

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Kevin McCloskey

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Ben Nadler

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