* 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.

About the author

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Benji Davies is an illustrator, author and animation director.

In his books he aims to capture how it feels to be a child. By immersing themselves in the stories he writes and illustrates, Benji hopes that children will find a quiet confidence with which to navigate the noise and bustle of the real world.

His first self-penned picture book The Storm Whale - since hailed a modern classic - won the inaugural Oscar’s Book Prize and was Dutch Picture Book Of The Year 2017. His second, Grandad’s Island, garnered similar plaudits, winning the children’s book category of the AOI World Illustration Awards and being crowned Children’s Book of the Year at the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards. In 2020 he won Oscar's Book Prize for a second time with Tad, a story about a tadpole making its way in the big, wide pond. All three of these books have since been adapted for the stage.

He is the illustrator of Nosy Crow’s internationally bestselling board book series, Bizzy Bear.

Benji’s books can been read in over thirty-five languages and have sold many millions of copies around the world.

Benji lives in East London with his wife and daughter.

Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 9, 2020
Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062563599
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062563590
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.5 x 0.5 x 10.5 inches
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3