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The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker
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The Frog Princess

by E. D. Baker

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This a darling book about a young girl who is a princess and lives in a magical kingdom. Her life as a princess is unsatisfying since she does not meet the "princess requirements" of being social, graceful, and lady-like. To make matters worse, her critical mother makes arrangements to marry her to a self absorbed prince whom she dislikes. Instead, Princess Emeralda finds herself in a swamp kissing an enchanted frog named Prince Eadric. But something goes terribly wrong, and she is transformed into a frog herself. Now she must learn to survive in the animal kingdom where there is no royalty and danger lurks at every turn. Thus, her journey begins as Prince Eadrick and herself try to find ways of undoing a magic spell in order to transform themselves back into humans. Will Princess Emeralda ever risk kissing Prince Eadrick again? ( )
ElenaEstrada | Jul 3, 2009 |  
Awkward princess/witch in training meets frog prince, kisses him, turns into a frog. Story follows the pair as they journey to reverse their amphibious state. ( )
MrsBond | Jul 2, 2009 |  
A nicely done and amusing bit of fairy tale fluff with a twist. Don't expect great literature but do expect some good fun. Great for the intended age group but a fun and fast read for adults who enjoy JF too :-) ( )
PitcherBooks | May 3, 2009 | 1 vote
I'm feeling kind of ambivalent about this, but I'm going to read the next book to see if it gets better. Esmerelda is a clumsy princess who's not very good at princess things. One day as she wanders the swamp (unprincess-like behavior, to be sure), she encounters a talking frog. He claims to be Prince Eadric, turned into a frog by a witch. All it will take to cure him of his malady is a kiss from a princess...

Certainly it starts as the familiar tale. But when Esmerelda (known as Emma) finally plants one on the frog, things go horribly awry. I liked the twist to the traditional tale and Emma and Eadric's adventures are rather enjoyable. The other characters they encounter are also quite interesting. I really enjoyed Grassina. However, Emma is awfully naive for a fourteen-year-old and the book as a whole felt a bit too cutesy. It had potential to be a much stronger tale. As I said, I'll give book two a go before calling it quits. ( )
booksandbosox | Apr 5, 2009 |  
This is a cute retelling of the frog prince, in which a clumsy princess meets a frog who claims to be a prince and who asks her to kiss him. At first she says no but then she's curious if he really will turn into a prince like he says, but when they kiss she ends up turning into a frog and the prince stays the way he is!! The frog prince has no idea why that happened, so the two of them go on an adventure to find the witch who turned the prince into a frog in the first place to figure out what went wrong in hopes that they'll both be turned into humans again. This story is fun but the reason I didn't give it a full four stars is because it was a bit cheesy at times, but it was still a good enough book that I plan to read the next one in the series. ( )
jfoster_sf | Feb 26, 2009 |  
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This book is dedicated to Ellie, Kimmy, Nate for their encouragment and support. I would also like to thank Victoria Wells Arms, Nancy Denton, and Rebecca Gardner for their comments and suggestions.
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Even as a little girl, I had thought that the swamp was a magical place where new lives began and old ones ended, where enemies and heroes weren't always what one expected, and where anything could happen, even to a clumsy princess.
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"Eadric reached out to tuck a loose curl behind my ear. "Fine. Just promise you'll never turn me into some loathsome creature if we happen do disagree." "I promise I won't turn you into anything you don't deserve."
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0747560749, Paperback)

A Texas Lone Star Reading List Book" A Book Sense 76 Children's Pick

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