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Tad and Dad
2015
First Published
3.75
Average Rating
40
Number of Pages

Caldecott Honor winner David Ezra Stein's funny—and tender—tale of a growing tadpole who loves his frog dad so much he never gives him a moment's peace. Tad the tadpole spends every day with his awesome dad, and shares a lily pad with him at night. It's always been that way . . . but little Tad is growing up, and quickly becoming as awesome—and large—as his dad. As his new parts sprout, he's learning to swim and hop and croak just like Dad. Dad is very proud, but when Tad's accomplishments carry over into nighttime—bringing lots of kicking and croaking in his sleep—the lily pad is no longer a bed for two. Even Tad finally realizes it's time for a lily pad of his own, and all is well—at least until Dad realizes how much he misses Tad.

Avg Rating
3.75
Number of Ratings
859
5 STARS
26%
4 STARS
33%
3 STARS
34%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
1%
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Author

David Ezra Stein
Author · 20 books
David Ezra Stein is an author-illustrator whose previous books include LEAVES, winner of an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. He lives in Kew Gardens, New York.
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