The Peep: 2026 Acorn Poet Award Winner

Author: Eloise Akerman

Deep in the forest where the animals sleep 

The quiet is interrupted by a peep.

One little frog playing away,

Watching her babies, they hatched today!

The tadpoles all swim really far away

Soon they will grow legs and not want to stay!

They will leap out of the water and hop around

For now they live on dry ground.

They jump really high into the sky

And really want to fly, fly, fly!

Deep in the forest where the animals sleep

The quiet is interrupted by a chorus of peeps.

Ten little frogs play, play, play

For they are the tadpoles, living in their own way!