![]() Generations of queer individuals who grew up reading Arnold Lobel's children's books have come to a sudden realization as to why Frog and Toad's adventures made so much of a personal impact.Īdrianne doesn't think Frog and Toad's romance is the driving factor behind the books' success, but says that the relationship conflicts her father examined through the couple's interaction have a universal appeal: It was the only thing he wrote that involved a relationship. ![]() Adrianne Lobel told The New Yorker's Colin Stokes, "I think ‘Frog and Toad’ really was the beginning of him coming out."Īlthough the news will undoubtedly shock some readers, the response to Adrianne's reveal has been largely positive - or at least accepting. The late author came out to his family in 1974, four years after he published the first of his four Frog and Toad books. ![]() More than 45 years after we first learned that Frog and Toad Are Friends, Arnold Lobel's daughter, Adrianne, has suggested that Frog and Toad are gay. ![]()
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