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Original Essays | September 23, 2009

Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe

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For me, there's a weird, unfathomable gulf — I almost wrote gulp — between the completion of a novel and its publication. Some days this duration feels interminable, as though the book has... Continue »
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The Frog Princess

by E D Baker

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

A Texas Lone Star Reading List Book

" A Book Sense 76 Children's Pick

Review:

"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." Publishers Weekly (Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Synopsis:

A Texas Lone Star Reading List Book

"A Book Sense 76 Children's Pick

"Taking a princess's-eye view, Baker reworks the traditional story into a high-spirited romantic comedy."--"Kirkus Reviews." A Texas Lone Star Reading List Book and a Book Sense 76 Children's Pick."Taking a princess's-eye view, Baker reworks the traditional story into a high-spirited romantic comedy."--"Kirkus Reviews." A Texas Lone Star Reading List Book and a Book Sense 76 Children's Pick.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9781582349237
Author:
Baker, E D
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Author:
Baker, E. D.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Royalty (kings queens princes princesses knights etc.)
Subject:
Social Situations - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Fantasy
Subject:
Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title
Subject:
Fairy tales
Subject:
General Juvenile Fiction
Subject:
Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Subject:
Witches
Publication Date:
October 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
- Up
Language:
English
Pages:
214
Dimensions:
779x507x63 43
Age Level:
08-UP
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