Fiction, Reading Recovery Level 20, F&P level L, DRA Level 28, Theme Childrens Fiction, Stage TRANSITIONAL, Character

Reading assessment book for use with the running records on the Columbia University Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Web site. Students will relate to the tiny tadpole as he worries over the changes that are taking place that he has no control over. Will he learn to embrace the changes? GRL: J, RR/DLL: 18, DRA2: 18, Stage: Transitional-Early Fluent, Type: Fiction

What is frogspawn? How do tadpoles swim? When do tadpoles become frogs? Discover the amazing stages of different life cycles and learn how different species are born, grow up, and reproduce with this stunning series. Packed with amazing photographs of every stage, labelled diagrams to explain growth and development, fascinating facts, and discussion points for further learning.

Big change is afoot in this swamp!

Tadpole loves his rainbow friend, the caterpillar, and she tells him she loves everything about him. "Promise that you will never change," she says. But as the seasons pass and he matures, his legs grow, and then his arms - and what happens to his beautiful rainbow friend? As he sits on his lily pad, digesting a butterfly, Tadpole little realises that now he will never know! Follow the predictable changes of a tadpole and a caterpillar to their natural conclusion in this award winning picture book.