Can I Keep It?

My Little Princess

by Tony Ross

Ya podemos disfrutar de las aventuras de La Pequena Princesita personaje creado por el autor ingles Tony Ross. La Pequena Princesita es la protagonista indiscutible de una serie de libros: Mi Nueva Mascota ¡No Quiero Resfriarme ¡Quiero Zapatos Nuevos y ¡Quiero Jugar en los que veremos como una nina de tan solo 4 anos hija unica de un Rey que vive en un bonito castillo se mete en mas de un lio.

32 pages, Paperback

Published April 5, 2007

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Tony Ross is a British illustrator and author of children's picture books. He was a student at the Liverpool School of Art and Design. Ross has had quite a few occupations, such as cartoonist, graphic designer, art director at an advertising agency, senior lecturer in art and head of the illustration course at Manchester Polytechnic.
Ross won the 1986 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, picture books category, for Ich komm dich holen!, (I'm coming to get you! - Andersen, 1984. He was runner-up for the 1990 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject, for Dr. Xargle's book of Earth Tiggers.

Meet the illustrator
What is your favourite animal?
A cat
What is your favourite boy’s name?
Bill
What is your favourite girl’s name?
Roxanne
What is your favourite food?
Lobster
What is your favourite music?
Irish
What is your favourite hobby?
Sailing

Reviews

[Monique Isaak · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can I Keep it, by Tony Ross is a story about a little princess who admires her tadpole beyond belief. She keeps her tadpole next to her bed so she can stay close to it at all times. The princess loved showing her tadpole to everyone insight, but one morning it all changed. The princess looked in the tank and she saw a creature that did not look like her tadpole. The princess learns that tadpoles turn into frogs. The main character was relieved that her favorite creature had not disappeared. I would use this book to teach my students the lesson that the little princess learned. Throughout the story, the author discusses the definition and purpose of a habitat. I would use this book to help my students understand what a habitat truly is and identify the habitat of a tadpole, as well as many other habitats in our world.