Fribbet The Frog And The Tadpoles by Carole P. Roman (A Captain No Beard Story) Review & 3-book Giveaway

If you are unfamiliar with Captain No Beard, it is about brothers, sisters, and cousins playing in the kid's bedroom and the bed is the ship, the stuffed animals are the crew, and the story line is usually solving the issues that kids face - sharing, bullying, meanness, kindness. 

"Fribbet The Frog And The Tadpoles" 

Fribbet is crying. His fellow shipmates, including Captain No Beard, seek to console him and find out what the problem is. There seem to be some strange fish-like critters and they are crowding out Fribbet. These are his new siblings and like some households, new siblings playing with one's toys or taking up the time and attention previously yours can create problems. Fribbet learns how to deal with this.

There is a brief mention of how frog eggs are laid and hatch into tadpoles and eventually become young frogs. This is good. But especially good is the lesson in acceptance of change in the family dynamics.

Roman has again brought her lively crew to life in this new Captain No Beard story based on the real lives of her little ones (or grand-little ones).

I really like Fribbet The Frog and highly recommend this story. I love how Roman imparts lessons to the kids.

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"Captain No Beard: An Imaginary Tale of a Pirates Life"

First book in series

There is just something about a tale of pirates that intrigues children and excites them to the adventure.  They love pirate-speak such as “Shiver me timbers,” “Aye Captain….a big blow,” “Aye, me hearties.”

In Captain No Beard young readers encounter purpose and a lesson in how hard work and perseverance or determination can help them.

Captain No Beard is a hearty “lad” capable of being a captain though he finds that it is definitely hard work.  Valuable lessons in hard work, friendship, and determination are taught via this colorful story.

Colorfully illustrated, this “imaginary tale of a pirate’s life” will surely capture the interest of the young child and young reader just as surely as though they had been captured by Captain No Beard, the pirate. 

Author Carole Roman “charms with an imaginative, whimsical picture book that will entertain even the oldest pirates."  "Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best of 2012"

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"Pepper Parrot's Problem with Patience" 

This brightly illustrated children's book begins with a delightful title featuring alliteration.  "Pepper Parrot's Problem with Patience" and throughout the book the letter "P" is prominent.

Captain No Beard is the imagination character of young Alexander when he is in his bedroom.  This time the story features Pepper Parrot's problem with anger and patience over his failure to distinguish his right hand and his left hand sides (dyslexia).   

His friends (his mateys) help him "batten down the hatches" on his patience and to also learn how to know right from left through a coping mechanism. 

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 10 Winners of assorted pirate books (surprise to winner)
and 
1 Grand Prize Winner will receive the entire series of nine pirate books

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DISCLOSURE: I received a complimentary copy of each book from the author to facilitate this review. Opinions are my own. I was not compensated for this review.