TITLE: Freddy the
Frogcaster
AUTHOR: Janice
Dean ILLUSTRATOR: Russ Cox
PUBLISHER: Regnery
Kids PUBLICATION
DATE: August 26, 2013
GENRE: Realistic
Fiction READING LEVEL: 3rd grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Freddy
loves weather and everything that it entails. When the regular weather
forecaster is out on maternity leave, Freddy predicts the weather and helps
save the town picnic.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:
Have students make replicas of Freddy’s weather instruments. Start learning
about different types of clouds and weather patterns. Have them make and label
different clouds and explain what they mean.
REVIEWER’S NAME &
AFFILIATION: Faith Summers, Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: science,
weather, realistic fiction
