| Tadpole's Promise | |
| Author: | Jeanne Willis |
| Illustrator: | Tony Ross |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Children's |
| Publisher: | Andersen Press |
| Pub Date: | April 24, 2003 |
| Pages: | 32 pp |
| Isbn: | 978-1-84270-069-3 |
| Congress: | MLCS 2006/45264 |
| Oclc: | 56712929 |
Tadpole's Promise is a 2003 British children's picture book written by Jeanne Willis and illustrated by Tony Ross. It won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award[1] and was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.[2]
A tadpole and a caterpillar fall in love. Despite promising to never change, the tadpole grows arms and legs and becomes a frog. The caterpillar becomes a butterfly and is eaten by the frog.