Originally published in 1970, "Frog and Toad Are Friends" is the first of four beloved books about Frog and Toad. This special edition includes all the original stories, from swimming adventures to finding lost buttons. Additionally, it features seven pages of rare bonus content, such as archival photos, sketches, pages from the original book dummy, the manuscript for "Spring" in Arnold Lobel’s cursive, and a biography detailing Lobel's inspiration for the series material, including archival photographs, sketches, pages from the original book dummy, the manuscript of the first story, “Spring” (written in Arnold Lobel’s cursive on lined notebook paper!), plus a biography of Arnold Lobel and how he was inspired to write the Frog and Toad stories.