Little Tad Grows Up

The acclaimed creator of Brick by Brick, and Peekaboo! tells the story of a little creature who is having a hard time growing up.

Little Tadpole is going through some big changes in his early life. For one thing, he’s sad when he learns he is losing his tail. Instead, he’s growing strange new legs that he doesn’t know what to do with. The older frogs tell him to be patient, but it’s hard when everything’s changing around you. Then one day he finds himself face to face with a sneaky watersnake, and he learns just how useful his new legs can be. In the process, he discovers a beautiful new world outside the water. This is a funny, endearing look at what it means to grow up.

Giuliano Ferri is an artist, an animator, and an award-winning author and illustrator of many children's books, including minedition's Brick by Brick, I See, I Touch, Mama Bear, Little Bear, Let's Play Soccer!, Nino's Magical Night, Peekaboo, The Snowball, and Who's Hiding inside that Box?. He has exhibited internationally, including at the Bologna International Children's Book Fair for ten years.Mr. Ferri also works with young people with disabilities, using animation and comic theater as therapy.