by Desna Wallace photographs by Rod Morris

Published 2015 by the Ministry of Education,PO Box 1666, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.www.education.govt.nz

First published 2009 for the Ministry of Educationby Learning Media Limited, Wellington, New Zealand.

Text copyright © Desna Wallace 2009Photograph on page 11 copyright © David A. Northcott/Corbis 2003All other photographs copyright © Rod Morris 2009The illustrations on pages 2–5 are by Thaw Naing.Illustrations copyright © Crown 2009

Series Editor: Kate BoyleDesigner: Elton Gregory

All rights reserved.Enquiries should be made to the publisher.

Publishing services: Lift Education E Tū

ISBN 978 0 478 16188 5 (print)ISBN 978 1 77663 505 4 (online)

Replacement copies may be ordered from Ministry of Education Customer Services,online at www.thechair.co.nzby email: orders@thechair.minedu.govt.nzor freephone 0800 660 662Please quote item number 16188.

The teacher support material (TSM) and audio for Ready to Read textscan be found online at www.readytoread.tki.org.nz

by Desna Wallacephotographs by Rod Morris

Ministry of Education

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“Watch me!” said Tadpole,

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and out came his back legs.

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“Watch me!” said Tadpole,

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and out came his front legs.

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“Watch me!” said Tadpole,

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and that way ...

and he wriggled this way

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and his tail got smaller

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and smallerand disappeared.

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“Watch me!” croaked Frog,

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and he hopped away.

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Tadpole

Frog

Thank you to Dr Phil Bishop,who knows a lot about frogs and helped with this book.

Frog

This book is for students to read and enjoy after they have becomevery familiar with the big book during many shared reading sessions.

Scan the QR code or use the short URL to go directly to an audio recording of this book.

Watch Me!

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