The Frog Princess (Tales of the Frog Princess)

This book is very wonderful. I love rereading this book even though I am no longer in school now. :)

this is such a great story. as the mother of girls i particularly love these stories. baker's heroine is everything you could hope she could be; brave, loyal, smart...and relatable. she isn't perfect. she gets mad sometimes, she's a little snotty sometimes, she's not perfectly beautiful. she's like us normal girls, and yet she is the one who saves the day. she gets help from an array of friends, some even boys, but she is the one who puts it together and figures it out and pushes through to her happy endings. this is a great story of girl power without being disrespectful to boys and men. it's all about believing in the special talents we all have.

Emma is a unique sort of princess. One who is less charming and more clumsy. When she meets a frog she is met with a bizarre choice. Kiss him, or leave him. What happens next is a long and rather unexpected adventure. Will our heroine ever return to normal? All and all I quite enjoyed this book. It's unique and humorous with just the sort of grace that sets it apart from other books of the same topic. I highly recommend anyone who is interested in reading this book, to read it.

It's a charming tale about a princess meeting a frog. Our Princess Emma, short for Emeralda, meets a frog in the swamp behind her palace who claims he is a prince (of course!). Emma doesn't quite believe Prince Eadric but due to her loneliness at the castle and considering his somewhat annoying compansionship is the best friendship she's ever had she decides to kiss him. She kisses him and SHE turns into a frog! Stunned at first, Emma quickly likes the freedom her transformation brings her. Eadric and Emma can't figure out why the witch's curse isn't undone so they embark on a froggy adventure to find the witch. A number of animal friends are made along the way and Baker creates a cohesive and magical world for these characters to inhabit. I went on to read three more books in this series that give Emma and Eadric a past, a future and so many adventures.

When Princess Emeralda kisses a frog, hoping to turn the frog back into a prince, the kiss has unexpected results. Some spells backfire. Most of the novel deals with her adventures as a frog, and her attempts to get changed back into a princess. She acquires a different viewpoint on life as she talks to animals, learns to swim, eats flies (yuck!), avoids predators, and finds some unexpected allies. She even learns to like snakes, at least some snakes. She acquires a prince in her life, although she needs to break him of some bad habits. She has assistance from her aunt Grassina, the Green Witch, and discovers she has some powers of her own. She does have a bad habit of tripping over her own feet. I would recommend the novel for girls at the pre-teen to young teenage level.

I found this book years ago in 9th grade. I'm 27 and still rereading it all of these years later. All of Bakers books are immersive and take you to another world. She wastes no time leading up to the story, but rather it begins at a fast pace immediately, on the first page, and it stays that way throughout the entire book. This series is one that will stay with you for years to come.

Not my favorite fairy tale retelling, but it would be a fun read for kids. I thought that the fact that one of the main "negative" characteristics of Prince Jorge was that he liked to wear women's shoes didn't really send a great message of acceptance to kids that might be reading the book.

I bought this book used from Blue Vase Books, and I was happily surprised by the condition it came in. It was listed as good, but seemed practically brand new! I had read this book from the library in the past, and when my library not longer had it available, I figured it was worth buying. I'm glad I did!

Lovely story

My 8 year old daughter loves all of the ED Baker books. They are funny, intelligent, and filled with strong , intelligent girls, who are quite capable of looking out for themselves.

沼に出かけた王女様は、そこで魔女にカエルされてしまった王子様と知り合います。 そのカエルは、王女様とキスすると元の姿に戻れると言い出しました。最初は カエルとキスするなんてイヤ！ と言っていた王女様ですが、ひょんなことから キスすると... なんとカエルは王子様にもどらず、彼女もカエルに！ 元の姿に戻るべく ２匹は旅立ちますが、果たして元の姿に戻れるのでしょうか 元気な王女様の行動力に引きずられる王子様 2人の関係が楽しく ちょっぴり おとぎ話のパロディも入っています。 内容の割には英文は難しいように感じました。挿絵はありません。

Very good

read this book years ago and loved it. bought it on kindle hoping my daughter would love it too. if she don't ,does'nt matter i want to re-read it again