Fox and Frog
A Reading A–Z Read-Aloud Book
Consonant F • Word Count: 238
READ-ALOUD
Fox and
Frog
Written by Joe Slade • Illustrated by Nora Voutas
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Fox and
Frog
WORDS USED IN THIS BOOK
High utility words:
1–100
the, to, and, he(s), a, I, you, it(s), of, in,
said, his, that(s), for, on, they, with, all,
is, her, there, some, go, we, can, what,
get, like, are, come, if, now, very, over,
from, want, don’t, too, take(s)
101–200
by, here, let(s), make, sleep, five, six, or,
off, today, must, has, funny, fast, say(s),
fall(s), far, live, wish
F words:
Fred, fox, furry, friend, Fran, frog, funny, forest, farm,
far, four, from, fit, fast, fall, fix, five, fields, flowers,
flowing, flash, for, few, foot, freezing, food, fire, fry,
fish, feed, fresh, fruit, forget, fine
Other words:
name, miles, maybe, set, cross, hay, river, hop,
across, Mr., crawl, log, hoppity-hop, rocks, steps, half,
way, hits, moss, lands, splash, wet, tired, hungry,
needs, back, day
Fox and Frog
A Read-Aloud Book
© 2002 Learning Page, Inc.
Written by Joe Slade
Illustrated by Nora Voutas
Written by Joe Slade
Illustrated by Nora Voutas
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Fred is a fox. A very furry fox.
“I don’t like the forest,” says Fred.
Fred has a friend. Her name is Fran.
“I want to live on the farm.”
Fran is a frog. A very funny frog.
“The farm is very far,” says Fran.
Fred and Fran live in the forest.
“The farm is four miles from here.”
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The fox and the frog set off to the farm.
“We are fit.
They cross five fields of flowers.
We can get there fast,” says the fox.
They cross four fields of hay.
“If we don’t fall or get in a fix,
They must go fast to get there today.
we can get there by five or maybe six.”
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They come to a river. It’s flowing fast.
The fox takes a few steps on the log.
“I can hop across in a flash,” says the frog.
He is halfway across.
“You, Mr. Fox, can crawl across that log.”
His foot hits some moss.
Hoppity-hop, over the rocks.
He falls off the log.
The frog is across. Now for the fox.
He lands with a splash.
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“Let’s go back to the forest.
We can make a fire. We can fry a fish.
The fox is wet. He’s freezing too.
We can feed on fresh fruit.
He’s tired. He’s hungry.
We can sleep all day. That’s what I wish.
He needs some food.
Forget the farm. The forest is fine.”
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