Synopses & Reviews
The award-winning, unpredictable picture book from this best-selling author/artist team now available for the first time in paperback. Tadpole loves his rainbow friend, the caterpillar, and she tells him she loves everything about him. "Promise that you will never change," she says. But as the seasons pass and he matures, his legs grow, and then his arms - and what happens to his beautiful rainbow friend? As he sits on his lily pad, digesting a butterfly, Tadpole little realises that now he will never know! Follow the predictable changes of a tadpole and a caterpillar to their natural conclusion in this award winning picture book.
- Tadpole's Promise was Silver Medal winner for the Smarties Prize 2003, age group 5 years and under.
- Jeanne Willis' life sales are over 500,000 including the ever popular Dr. Xargle series, and Tony Ross' life sales are over 2.5 million copies.
- Susan Laughs won the Special Educational Needs Book Award 2000
- Misery Moo, the last book by this dynamic duo, is shortlisted for the Sheffield Book Award.
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"Breaks the mould in form as well as content." —Sunday Times
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"Unforgettable." —Guardian
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"Beginning with pages that open vertically instead of horizontally, this tongue-in-cheek tale takes a typical love story and sets it squarely and amusingly on end. Ross's vibrantly hued pen-and-ink and watercolor cartoons depict the edge of the pond where a caterpillar and a tadpole meet and fall in love. . . Willis strikes the perfect balance between the deadpan telling and the humorously overblown dialogue shared by the star-crossed pair, while the artwork masterfully enhances each and every nuance.' —School Library Journal
Synopsis
The award-winning, unpredictable picture book from this best-selling author/artist team is now available for the first time in paperback. Tadpole loves his rainbow friend, the caterpillar, and she tells him she loves everything about him. "Promise that you will never change," she says. But as the seasons pass and he matures, his legs grow, and then his arms—and what happens to his beautiful rainbow friend? As he sits on his lily pad, digesting a butterfly, Tadpole little realizes that now he will never know! Follow the predictable changes of a tadpole and a caterpillar to their natural conclusion in this award winning picture book.
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About the Author
Jeanne Willis is a best-loved authors of children's books, and also writes for television and video companies. Tony Ross is one of the top UK children's illustrators. His books are published all over the world.