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Tadpole's Promise Jeanne Willis

Tadpole's Promise By Jeanne Willis

Tadpole's Promise by Jeanne Willis


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Summary

Tadpole loves his friend, the caterpillar, and she loves him too. Promise that you will never change, she says, but as the seasons pass he matures - and what has happened to his friend. As he sits on his lily pad digesting the butterfly he has just eaten, he little realizes he will never know!

Tadpole's Promise Summary

Tadpole's Promise by Jeanne Willis

'Where the willow meets the water, a tadpole met a caterpillar. They gazed into each other's tiny eyes and fell in love. 'Promise me that you will never change', the caterpillar says.' And foolishly, the tadpole promises. 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 the butterfly he has just eaten, he little realises that now he will never know!

Tadpole's Promise Reviews

Unforgettable. * Guardian *
'It's terrific.' -- Posy Simmonds * Posy Simmonds *
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 *
'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 *

About Jeanne Willis

Jeanne Willis is one of our best-loved authors of children's books, and also writes for television and video companies. She has two children. Tony Ross is one of the top UK children's illustrators. His books are published all over the world. He lives in Cheshire.

Additional information

GOR001875349
9781842700693
1842700693
Tadpole's Promise by Jeanne Willis
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Andersen Press Ltd
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32
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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