title: The Frog Princess (Tales of the Frog Princess)
author:  E.D. Baker 
description: This debut novel follows the adventures of 14-year-old Princess Emeralda and the talking frog she meets one day in a swamp. The frog begs her to give him a kiss so that he will turn back into Prince Eadric, his identity before an evil witch turned him into an amphibian. When the young royal obliges, she, too, is transformed into a frog, and the two leap off in search of the spell-casting witch to ask her to reverse her handiwork. Describing the duo's futile quest in laborious detail, the author pads her tale with some curiously drab characters, including another witch (who hopes to use Emeralda and Eadric in a spell she's concocting) and a bat and snake who reside in her cottage. The tale occasionally offers peppy dialogue and some comical scenes-particularly as the newly transformed Emeralda adjusts to catching flies with her tongue ("My eye-tongue coordination wasn't very good," she admits). Unfortunately, the plot doesn't make much of the magical elements (for example, the characters' encounters with a dragon and a nymph seem inconsequential), resulting in a disappointingly flat fantasy. Ages 8-14. <BR>Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  PRAISE FOR
  
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  THE FROG
  
  PRINCESS  
    
  
  "An amusing fairy-tale adventure that takes the frog-turned-prince story a
  Little further."
  
  —SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL  
    
  
  "Adventures abound when the frog prince and, princess hop their way through
  the swamp."
  
  —VOYA  
    
  
  "Comical scenes and witty dialogue."
  
  —OHIO LIBRARY MEDIA CONNECTION  
    
  
  "Not only is this a clever and amusing twist on the
  
  old story, it's well-told, energetic and lively.
  
  Emma's headstrong and independent and occasionally
  
  quarrelsome,... and Eadric's the perfect foil for her
  
  attitude and stubbornness. Together, they're an
  
  entertaining pair on a bizarre quest."
  
  —CHRONICLE magazine
  
   _Books by E.D. Baker_
  
  THE TALES OF THE FROG PRINCESS:
  
  THE FROG PRINCESS
  
  DRAGON'S BREATH
  
  ONCE UPON A CURSE
  
  NO PLACE FOR MAGIC
  
  THE SALAMANDER SPELL
  
  THE FROG
  
   **Princess**
  
  Book One in
  
  the Tales of the Frog Princess  
    
  
  E. D. BAKER  
    
    
    
    
    
  
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