Rex is a tiny tadpole who can't wait to grow up and be big like everybody else. Unfortunately for Rex, he lives in a prehistoric swamp...and everybody else is a gigantic dinosaur.With a little time - and a lot of patience - Rex does grow, gaining arms and legs and, most importantly, a personality big enough to take on even the mightiest of his neighbours.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Young Hoosier Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Grand Canyon Reader Award. It also was recognised by the Ladybug Picture Book Award. It was recognised by the Buckaroo Book Award. Also it was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Black-Eyed Susan Award.

There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2008 by Harcourt Children's Books .

KURT CYRUS is the illustrator of Tadpole Rex, Mammoths on the Move and M. T. Anderson's Whales on Stilts and The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen. He lives in Cottage Grove, Oregon.