Tadpole's Promise

Tadpole's Promise
	First edition
Author	Jeanne Willis
Illustrator	Tony Ross
Language	English
Genre	Children's
Publisher	Andersen Press
Publication date	April 24, 2003
Publication place	United Kingdom
Pages	32 pp
ISBN	978-1-84270-069-3
OCLC	56712929
LC Class	MLCS 2006/45264

Tadpole's Promise is a 2003 British children's picture book written by Jeanne Willis and illustrated by Tony Ross. It won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award^[1] and was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.^[2]

Plot

A tadpole and a caterpillar fall in love. Despite promising to never change, the tadpole grows arms and legs and becomes a frog. The caterpillar becomes a butterfly and is eaten by the frog.

References

^ Nestlé Children's Book Prize Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ The CILIP Carnegie Medal & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards

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[1] Nestlé Children's Book Prize Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine

[2] The CILIP Carnegie Medal & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards

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