Tadpole's Promise (Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards (Awards)) - Hardcover

Willis, Jeanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689865244 ISBN 13: 9780689865244

Publisher: Atheneum, 2005

Synopsis

Where the willow tree meets the water, a tadpole met a caterpillar.

They gazed into each other's tiny eyes...and fell in love.

"I love everything about you," said the caterpillar.

"Promise you'll never change." And foolishly the tadpole promised...

But we all know that tadpoles don't stay the same, and neither do caterpillars.

Will they still be able to love each other?

About this title

Review

"Unforgettable." (Guardian)

"Breaks the mould in form as well as content." (The Sunday Times)

"'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 watercolour 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.'" (The School Library Journal)

"'It's terrific.'" (Posy Simmonds Posy Simmonds)

"'For nourishment of grammatical and contextual awareness, a perfect book for reading aloud is Tony Ross' and Jeanne Willis' wicked little love story - Tadpole's Promise. It starts eloquently and promisingly: "Where the willow meets the water a tadpole met a caterpillar. They gazed into each other's tiny eyes... and fell in love. She was his beautiful rainbow and he was her shiny black pearl." But then the tadpole promises the caterpillar he will never change thus ensuring the most captive of reading audiences as they watch the inevitable changes that unfold. The final gasp-making twist (student teachers have shrieked!) is all the funnier for being juxtaposed against such poetic language.'" (Alison Kelly Books for Keeps)

Book Description

The award-winning, unpredictable picture book from this best-selling author/artist team now available for the first time in paperback.

Edition details

• Publisher: Atheneum
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0689865244
• ISBN 13: 9780689865244
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Ross Tony
• Number of pages: 32