Former Ladies of the Supremes Laurence had departed the group to move into other areas of the music business and was replaced by former Motown Supreme Susaye Greene. Greene was a member of The Supremes from early 1976 to summer of 1977 (replacing Cindy Birdsong), and performed on their last two albums, "High Energy" and "Mary, Scherrie & Susaye". In 1996, Jean Terrell returned to the group for several "reunion" shows; this after the departure of Sundray Tucker. Eventually, Freddi Poole joined the group, and Jean departed once again. In 2000, Scherrie Payne and Lynda Laurence joined Diana Ross, and toured on the brief and
Frog and the Birdsong home at sundown, another blackbird starts singing a beautiful song, "as it always does," indicating that life goes on. Velthuijs first published "Frog and the Birdsong" in 1991 with Leopold, a Dutch publisher of children's books. It won the 1992 "Gouden Griffel", one of the most significant Dutch prizes for children's books, and was a runner-up for the companion award for illustrations, the "Gouden Penseel". By 2003, it was in its fourteenth printing. The book was digitized by the Digital Library for Dutch Literature and is available online. It is translated into English and published by Andersen Press. Children often