{"id":1375,"date":"2014-11-20T03:41:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T03:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2014-11-20T03:41:47","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T03:41:47","slug":"the-mysterious-tadpole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=1375","title":{"rendered":"The Mysterious Tadpole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3377.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3377-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3377\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3377-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3377-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3377-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Louis&#8217; Scottish uncle sends him a tadpole as a birthday present (fresh from Loch Ness), it does not turn into a frog.  It does, however, turn into a wonderful (if utterly impracticable) pet. <\/p>\n<p>Note:  This version of the book is out of print.  In 2004, a new version was issued with a revised text and all new illustrations.  The changes were not an improvement.  Look for the version of the book that has the &#8220;tadpole&#8221; gazing up at Louis in profile, rather than a straight-on view of them both.<\/p>\n<p>Author: Steven Kellogg<br \/>\nIllustrator:  Steven Kellogg<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=insofadog-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0803721595&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=FFFFFF&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;npa=1&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Louis&#8217; Scottish uncle sends him a tadpole as a birthday present (fresh from Loch Ness), it does not turn into a frog. It does, however, turn into a wonderful (if utterly impracticable) pet. Note: This version of the book &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=1375\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[119,40,26,126,342,308,507],"class_list":["post-1375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books","tag-animals","tag-food","tag-out-of-print","tag-pirates","tag-school","tag-steven-kellogg","tag-the-mysterious-tadpole"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1378,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions\/1378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}