Relaxed circular and rectangular frames signal Dads more mature bearing, while Tads energy is uncontained, often filling the whole spread. And, when night comes and the growing froglet dreams and practices his new skills in his sleep (So thats what was kicking me), little ones will chuckle at Tads enthusiasm and Dads growing exhaustion.
Parents everywhere, especially those with night-wandering, bed-sharing toddlers, will laugh with grim identification when Tad starts to swim and grow and jump and catch his own breakfast, just like Dad, but still crowds onto Dads lilypad at bedtime. Whether Tad is a wiggling tadpole, swimming everywhere with his dad, or a jumping frog with legs, he doesnt want to sleep alone. Tad loves his dad so much that he can hardly bear to be away from him, even at night. Neither frog is getting any sleep in his (lily)pad. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. VERDICT A wonderful bedtime or froggy-themed storytime read.-Yelena Alekseyeva-Popova, formerly at Chappaqua Library, NY (c) Copyright 2015. Stein's cartoonish illustrations are comically expressive, deftly conveying the energy of the wee frog and the exasperation of his dad with thick black strokes filled with swampy watercolor washes in mixed layouts ranging from spreads to cleverly focused vignettes.Children will laugh at Tad's antics while parents will sympathize with father frog's disturbed sleep.
The wriggly, noisy youngster keeps his poor parent up each night until sleep-deprived Dad kicks him out, only to find out that perhaps cuddly company was better all along. Unwilling to be apart from his dad, Tad follows him everywhere, including his lily pad bed. PreS-Gr 1-Little tadpole worships his impressive frog father and wants to be a great swimmer, jumper, singer, and voracious bug consumer just like him.
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