999 Tadpoles Find A New Home

by Ken Kimura

Other authorsPeter Howlett (Translator), Yasunari Murakami (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2010

Description

999 Tadpoles fit perfectly into a small pond, but when they grow into frogs, its a different story.

Publication

Gecko Press (2010), 32 pages

User reviews

LibraryThing member debnance
Mother and Father Frog have 999 tadpole babies. Suddenly the pond is too crowded. On their way to a new pond, Father is snatched by a hawk, but the babies and Mother grab hold of Father as the hawk flies away with them all. They can just hold on for so long. When they fall, happily, they fall into
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an enormous pond where the family has plenty of room.

A nice narrative flow and inviting illustrations combine for a satisfying story.

“’Why is this frog getting so heavy?’ the hawk wondered and he looked back. Wow! He was carrying a whole year’s supply of frogs! He was so pleased, he flew even higher.”
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LibraryThing member angelabotha
Although I was not enthralled with this book on the first read, the second time I read it I liked it a lot more. I think the illustrations are great. There is not too much text and I like the simple color scheme (greeen, yellow, white, black and brown).I particularly liked the illustrations that
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accompany the part of the story where the hawk lets go of mother and father frog and their 999 tadpoles. There is two whole pages devoted to capturing all the tiny frogs falling through the air and then another two pages showing them splashing into the water. Ultimately, it's a cute little story about how a family of young frogs through their mmisadventures in the big, wide world find the perfect home for themselves.
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LibraryThing member alyson
As long as your child does not get upset about the hawk trying to carry the father frog off, this is great. Love the proud parent's of 999.
LibraryThing member Sullywriter
In this Japanese import, 999 young frogs and their parents demonstrate amazing resourcefulness as they escape predators on their way to a new home. Totally delightful!
LibraryThing member KimJD
"Field-tested" this one with my kindergartners last week, and they loved it. The story lends itself very well to conversations about fiction vs nonfiction, and how reading a silly story like this one can inspire us to learn more about frogs (and with Nic Bishop's Frogs at the ready, they were
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hooked).
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LibraryThing member bmmander
The kids will see the tadpoles become frogs, as well as, what prey on frogs. Once the frogs finally make it home, in an unconventional way, they are as happy as can be.
LibraryThing member wichitafriendsschool
“We’ll have to move,” says Mother, after realizing the pond is too small. But moving a family of 999 young frogs is fraught with danger! Hungry snakes are crawling through the grass. Hungry hawks are flying through the sky. A young frog makes a mighty tasty morsel. Never underestimate the
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quick wits of 999 young frogs!
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LibraryThing member Kaethe
Cute. I like the design with all the white space, and the look of the tadpoles and frogs is charming. In a short but thrilling adventure the whole family most find somewhere to live that's a bit bigger.

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LibraryThing member S_Trevor
999 Tadpoles is about a family of tadpoles that go on a journey with their mom and dad to find a new, bigger pond to call home. They meet a sleeping snake and an evil hawk that carries them all away and drops them into a big new pond. The tadpoles and their parents live happily ever after. I did
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not count to see if there were, in fact, 999 tadpoles.
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Language

Original language

Japanese

Physical description

32 p.; 7.05 inches

ISBN

1877467278 / 9781877467271

Other editions

999 Tadpoles by Ken Kimura (Hardcover)
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