Philip Ressner

Jerome, a frog, offends a witch, who curses him by making him a prince while leaving him in his frog form. Jerome goes to a village and announces he is a prince, but the people don't believe him so they assign him three tasks to prove himself. Jerome confronts a crow, a dragon, and a wizard using only common sense negotiations and a willingness to compromise.

It's an odd little fairy tale, but it amused me with the goofy solutions to the frog's problems.

am delightful bit of original children's lit with a believe-in-yourself moral. It has a witch, a wizard, and talking animals for fans of Roald Dahl and Brothers Grimm. Great illustrations by Jerome Snyder.