Peter Yarrow.
BY ALEXIS TARRAZI – Straus News
SPARTA — As bullying and mass school shootings continue to plague our society, Peter Yarrow — of the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary — is hoping his newly released children’s book will help cull the anger and teach children to accept one another. Sponsored by Sparta Books, Yarrow will sign the book and perform a mini concert at Sparta Middle School on Thursday, Feb. 21.
“It has great significance today,” said Yarrow in a phone interview with Straus News. “It is of course about prejudice, about racism. But in a very humourous, delightful way.”
Titled “I’m in Love with a Big Blue Frog,” the story — which includes music by Peter, Paul and Mary — follows a young woman who is in love with a big blue frog. Throughout the book, they encounter ridicule from neighboring animals about the value of their homes going down when they move in and the disapproving looks and comments. Throughout it all the woman stays positive and does not care what others think about her relationship to her loved one.
Alexis Tarrazi 