Tadpole's Promise
{{Short description|2003 children's picture book by Jeanne Willis}}
{{Infobox book |
| name = Tadpole's Promise
| image = Tadpole's Promise.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = First edition
| author = Jeanne Willis
| illustrator = Tony Ross
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Children's
| publisher = Andersen Press
| pub_date = April 24, 2003
| pages = 32 pp
| isbn = 978-1-84270-069-3
| congress= MLCS 2006/45264
| oclc= 56712929
| preceded_by =
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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[http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/nestle/ Nestlé Children's Book Prize] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928115005/http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/nestle/|date=2007-09-28}} and was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/ The CILIP Carnegie Medal & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards]
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.
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Category:2003 children's books
Category:British children's books
Category:British picture books
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