Tadpole had been practicing jumping, and when he met Big Fish he discovered he could jump all the way home.

Impressed by thr proud caterpillar's boast that she will turn into a butterfly when she grows up, a polliwog determines to watch the caterpillar very carefully and turn into a butterfly too.

Presents a linked collection of ten short stories in rhyme featuring frogs, toads, and polliwogs.

"Meet Tad. She's the smallest tadpole in a big pond. And she's not frightened of Big Blub. Not. At. All. But when her tadbrothers and tadsisters start to get bigger and disappear, Tad worries that she'll be left all alone. All alone in the dark, with Big Blub. Growing up might take longer when you start at the bottom, but sometimes tiny hearts have the biggest dreams."--Inside front jacket.

Describes the development of a tadpole into a frog.