The Frog Prince
by Jan Ormerod
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As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.Tags
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What a classic story. At first I was a little sad when he didn't magically turn into a prince, but then I noticed how the princess was coming to like the frog just as hw was and started to get use to him sleeping on hr pillow. I was pleased to find the prince standing behind her and the princess actually keeping her promise to the frog. My favorite Disney movie of all time is Prince and the Frog and so when I cam across this book I had to read it knowing that it would be a different twist to the classic. I enjoyed reading this book.
Retelling of the Frog Prince fairy tale. Queen forces princess to keep her promise to the frog. Frog spends three nights with princess before her hatred turns to love. Frog's transformation is acrobatic. No mention of Iron Henry. Dark haired princess wears white gown throughout the book. Illustrations: Beautifully done in muted shades of greens, browns, and grays. Occasional yellows or reds.Great detail in the borders.
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Jan Ormerod was born in Australia on September 23, 1946. She attended art school and studied drawing, painting and sculpture. After completing her degree, she become an Associate of the Western Australian Institute of Technology and Design in Art Education, taught in secondary schools on enrichment programs for talented students, and lectured in a show more teacher's college and in art schools. Her first picture book, Sunshine, was published in 1981, won the Mother Goose Award, and was voted Australian Picture Book of the Year. She wrote and illustrated more than 50 books in her lifetime including Miss Mouse's Day, Lizzie Nonsense, Rhymes around the Day, Father Christmas and the Donkey, Ben Goes Swimming, Emily Dances, A Twist in the Tail, and Ponko and the South Pole. She also illustrated Sky Dancer by Jack Bushnell. She died after a long illness on January 23, 2013 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Children's Books, Picture Books
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- 398.21 — Social sciences Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore Folk literature Tales and lore of paranatural beings of human and semihuman form
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- PZ8 .O695 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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