Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2020
Benji Davies’ new book is a story of escape that has a particular resonance for little children.
Tad lives with her brothers and sisters in their pond. The smallest almost-a-frog she has to wiggle her tail twice as fast just to keep up, and they all know that Big Blub waits at the bottom of the pond for left-behind tadpoles. With Tad the very last tadpole in the pond there’s a touch and go moment, but in a glorious burst of light, her legs arrive just in time.
It’s the perfect story to reassure any child worrying they’ll always be at the back, and Davies handles light and shadow brilliantly to create and control the drama. A beautiful and very special picture book.
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Sometimes the biggest stories come from the smallest beginnings...
Meet Tad. She's the smallest tadpole in a big pond, and lives there with all her tadbrothers and tadsisters. Although something else lives there too... BIG BLUB! And when everyone else starts to disappear, Tad starts to wonder if Big Blub will get her too... Or is everyone else going somewhere else; somewhere better? And if so, will Tad ever get there too?
A big story about a tiny tadpole - about growing up, branching out, and taking a leap into life.
Winner of the 2020 Oscar's Book Prize and from the award-winning creator of The Storm Whale and Granddad's Island, Tad is the perfect story for everyone who's ever grown up, or still has a way to go...
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Tad and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Tad features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Bedtime Stories for Children, Picture storybooks, Children’s picture books, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Animal Stories, Featured Books for 5+ readers
Tad is available in Paperback, Hardback
Tad was written by Benji Davies and published by HarperCollins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Tad has 32 pages
£7.19
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