May 13th Special Days - Featuring Frog Freebies!

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches

May 13th is... National Frog Jumping Day, Cough Drop Day, International Hummus Day, National Fruit Cocktail Day, National Apple Pie Day, National Leprechaun Day, Top Gun Day, Tulip Day, World Cocktail Day, IEEE Global Engineering Day/IEEE Engineering the Future Day, Children of Fallen Patriots Day, Mexican American War Began, Crouton Day, National X-Men Day, World Climate Civility Day, Inge Lehmann Day, Feast of Our Lady of Fatima

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Frog Jumping Day
-- The roots of Frog Jumping Day go back to Mark Twain's first short story. It was first published in 1865 as Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog. Later, he published it as The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. It is also known under a third title, The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.

Read: The Jumping Frog
-- Contains the original story (in English), a French translation that was published in La Revue des Deux Mondes and which Twain finds to be a travesty of the original text, and Twain's re-translation of the French back into English, word for word (this is where things degenerate). Best appreciated if you can read both French and English, but even if you skip the French version, it's truly brilliant. As good old Samuel Clemens himself put it in his foreword, I cannot speak French, but I can translate very well, though not fast, I being self-educated.


Folkmanis Jumping Frog Hand Puppet
-- The Folkmanis jumping frog is ready for summertime fun and bound to be a big winner at the next County fair! Animate the mouth and forelegs of this awesome amphibian and squeeze the airbag in his belly to extend the rear legs. This puppet measures 15 x 10 x 4 inches (LxWxH). Since 1976, Folkmanis has been encouraging young imaginations to blossom with its innovative and engaging specialty puppets, promoting creativity and discovery while winning nearly every industry, child development, and kid-tested award.


Frog The Peg Solitaire Jumping Board
-- Aim: Jump green and red frog on the board, remove green frog been jumped over, until the single red frog is left on the card. You win the game only when the red frog remains on the card. Size: 11X11X5CM (LxWxH). Recommended ages: 3+

🐸 Frog Coloring and Activity Books

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Jimmy the Racing Frog

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Frog Crafts:

🐸 20 Adorable Frog Crafts for Toddlers

🐸 42 Frog Craft Projects - CrystalandComp.com

🐸 Jumpy Frog Craft

🐸 Easy Jumping Frog Origami

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Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities, and Crafts:

🐸 15 Frog Games for Kids

🐸 Frog Colouring Pages

🐸 Make an origami frog craft

🐸 How to Make a Toad House

🐸 Free Jumping Frog Printables and Worksheets

🐸 Jump, Frog, Jump - Making Learning Fun

🐸 Valentine's Day: Printable Jumping Frog Cards

🐸 49 Leaping Frog Pictures

🐸 Frog Game With Jumping Origami Frogs – A Steam Education Challenge

🐸 Frog Coloring Pages

🐸 Create an Awesome Frog Life Cycle Theme

🐸 Free Printable Frog Coloring Pages For Children

🐸 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

🐸 Frog Jump Game for Kids

🐸 Paper Roll Frogs

🐸 LeapFrog Math Game and Origami Jumping Frog

🐸 Jumping Frogs Craft

🐸 Frog Crafts

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