* Indie Next List Selection * Winner of the Oscar's Book Prize *

From Benji Davies, the award-winning creator of The Storm Whale and illustrator of the Goodnight Already series, comes a heartwarming and tender tale about courage and growth, featuring a special tadpole named Tad.

Tad is small. In fact, she is the smallest almost-a-frog in the whole, wide pond. That makes it hard for her to do big things like follow her tadsiblings who swim to other parts of the pond when they outgrow the nest.

As her tadbrothers and tadsisters swim up, up, up, they leave poor Tad by her lonesome. That's until...Big Blub shows up He's not only bigger than Tad, but Big Blub isn't exactly what a tadpole would consider friendly.

Swimming at her own pace, Tad soon learns how to to be bigger than her fears. Benji Davies creates a memorable and timeless tale that proves sometimes the mightiest creature comes in the smallest package.

Author: Benji Davies
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 06/09/2020
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 10.30h x 10.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780062563590
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 509587 / Tad


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2020 pg. 122
Publishers Weekly 05/04/2020
School Library Journal 06/01/2020 pg. 46
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2020
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2020 pg. 59
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Davies, Benji: -

Benji Davies loves to draw and make up stories. He has written several picture books and illustrated many more, picking up a clutch of awards along the way. Twice winner of Oscar's Book Prize, he also won the children's book category of the AOI World Illustration Awards and was the winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book of the Year award. His books have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold over six million copies worldwide. Benji lives in London, England, with his wife and daughter.