The Frog and the Princess: and the Prince and the Mole, and the Frog and the Mole, and the Prince and the Princess.

Bear, John

ISBN 10: 1883672074 / ISBN 13: 9781883672072

Published by Tricycle Press, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Frog and the Princess: and the Prince and the Mole, and the Frog and the Mole, and the Prince and the Princess.
• Publisher: Tricycle Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1883672074
• ISBN 13: 9781883672072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Powell, Charlie
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

A rhyming story of a frog who is returned to his original princely form when kissed by a princess, who in turn is transformed into a mole. Book can be read in both directions.

Reviews

A fractured format divides and defeats this fractured fairy tale: half of the book tells of a princess who kisses a frog but is herself turned into a mole; at midpoint, the book can be flipped upside-down for the tale of a prince who kisses a mole and is transformed into a frog. A second kiss restores the characters to their original shapes, in effect creating a story that repeats four times. With no significant visual or textual variation in the different parts of the story, the repetition becomes not, as promised, "a new start to the book," but merely tiresome, especially for children old enough to appreciate the irony in a spoof. The couplets strain (e.g., "was" is made to rhyme with "because"). Flat paintings lend an odd stillness, and fail to take advantage of the opportunities in the unusual format; Powell's overtly satirical style seems too adult for the text. The many parts add up to only an extended anecdote, not a full-fledged story. Ages 6-up.
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