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The Mysterious Tadpole: 07/29/24
The Mysterious Tadpole by Steven Kellogg (1977) is a tale of a boy raising the creature his grandfather has given him, even after he turns out to be very large and very unusual. Louis is given a "tadpole" and takes it to school so he and his classmates can watch it turn into a frog. When the creature grows much too large to be a frog and again much too large for the school classroom, Louis has to find something else to do with Alphonse. Louis doesn't have the help from his parents as either the children in Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo by William Joyce (1988) or Emily Elizabeth does with Clifford in Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell (1963). Instead, he's left to his own ingenuity and luck. The Mysterious Tadpole most reminds me of The Sea Serpent and Me by Dashka Slater and Catia Chien (illustrator) (1988). Both these books deal specifically with sea serpents and the large amounts of water needed to keep one healthy and happy. Five stars Comments (0) |