dark, murky part of the pond.
He was as old as the mud,
they said.
He would wait till the sun
went behind the clouds,
till the whole pond was
gray; then he would glide
out from the dark patches and ... "
Tad is the tiniest tadpole of all her brothers and sisters. In fact, she is smaller than every 'almost-a-frog' in their pond. She has to work harder than the others to get across it. Tad has never seen Big Blub; she knows from the others she should fear the huge fish. She hides whenever she can, always wanting to be invisible.
The other tadpoles grow and change. they get their back legs, their front legs, even their webbed toes. They just get bigger and stronger. They are quick-moving and soon their tails are gone. Poor Tad! She is a late bloomer. As the number of tadpoles around her gets smaller, Tad worries even more about Big Blub. She thinks she's safe.
Until one day ...
With eye-catching images of big-eyed, enthusiastic tadpoles, and a gorgeous underwater world, Benji Davies provides a tale that builds in suspense for Tad as she perseveres. Fear not! Tad knows when the time is right.
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