Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole

by Jane Yolen

Book Overview

"A funny space adventure that spoofs Star Wars while providing an easy-to-read story." --Booklist

Commander Toad and his crew on the Star Warts come across a black hole while leapfrogging across the galaxy. Something long, pink, and sticky grabs their spaceship and it isn't space gum--it's the tongue of an E. T. T - an Extra Terrestrial Toad When all else fails, Commander Toad has to resort to a secret weapon from his past to save the ship from toad-al destruction.

Fans of DK Readers: LEGO Star Wars, Tom Angleberger's Origami Yoda, and silliness will toad-ally love Commander Toad

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0698114035
• ISBN13: 9780698114036
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.7" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Brave and bright, bright and brave, Commander Toad

I totally loved these books when I was a kid! I really wish I still had this one. :D It has that eerie quality that most kids just love.. not scary at all, just strange, it will stick with a kid. It's that indefinable magic that shows up so much stronger when you're young, and maybe reading books like this will keep it alive later on. :D The characters are great too, this is how all kid's books should be!

The BEST intergalactic toad book I have ever read.

This book really fills a big black hole in modern literature. The subject of toads in space has been constantly avoided, mishandled, and disregarded since the publication of Ivan Rabinavski's "Why Toads could never make it on the moon." Jane Yolen places the space-toad in its proper perspective in a beautiful and meaningful manner, pulling no punches and using no foul language. I loved it