Ten tiny tadpoles wriggling in a line. One went chasing dragonflies so that left ... nine. Follow the adventures of these bright, bold, 3D tadpoles in this fun and funky counting book with a surprise pop-up page at the end. -- Provided by publisher.

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.

"Ten tiny tadpoles, wriggling in a line. One went chasing dragonflies, so that left...nine! Follow the adventures of these bright, bold tadpoles in this peek-through counting book!"--Page [4] of cover.

Wendy Pfeffer describes the amazing metamorphosis from tiny, jellylike egg, to little fishy tadpole, to great big bullfrog. Holly Keller has created the archetypal frog pond and we see it through the seasons as the tadpoles grow legs and lungs and eventually hop onto land: bullfrogs at last. "Well-designed ink drawings washed with soft-toned watercolors stretch across the double-page spreads, showing the action above and below water level. . . .an attractive, general introduction."—BL. 1994 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA) Best Children's Science Books, 1994 (Science Books and Films)

This volume features 35 designs from the Rowan stable, for creating simple, wearable garments for babies and children up to the age of ten.

'Ten Little Fish' is a fun counting book with Nemo-esque fish. With playful verse and pictures as bright as sunshine, young readers will delight in this simple underwater counting tale.

Brightly illustrated nursery rhymes and alternative nursery rhymes for newly independent readers by some of today's best loved children's poets.