Look Out for the Big Bad Fish — Sheridan Cain

Tadpole is happy splishing and splashing near the lily pads until he sees his mother leaping and hopping one summer day. He wants to jump, too, Mother Frog tells him he'll be able to leap and hop someday, but Tadpole wants to jump now. In fact, as tadpole makes new friends along the stream, it seems to him that he's the only one who can't jump. Just when he's about to give up, Tadpole meets the Big Bad Fish, the one who EATS TADPOLES! How will Tadpole ever escape?Exuberant, colorful torn-paper collages graces this universal story about an impatient tadpole.