General Information
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 Title.................: The Frog Princess
 Author................: E. D. Baker
 Read By...............: Katherine Kellgren
 Copyright.............: 2002
 Audiobook Copyright...: 2005
 Publisher.............: Recorded Books Inc
 Series Name...........: Frog Princess
 Position in Series....: 1
 Abridged..............: No

Original Media Information
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 ISBN..................: 1-4193-3840-4
 Media.................: CD
 Number................: 5
 Source................: Library
 Condition.............: Used

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 Number of MP3s........: 94
 Total Duration........: 5:19:52
 Total MP3 Size........: 146.83
 Parity Archive........: Yes
 Ripped By.............: Orion
 Ripped With...........: Exact Audio Copy
 Encoded With..........: LAME
 Encoded At............: CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
 Normalize.............: no
 Noise Reduction.......: no
 ID3 Tags..............: Set, v1.1

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Book Description
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From Publishers Weekly
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 inconsequent-
ial), resulting in a disappointingly flat fantasy. Ages 8-14. 
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to 
the Hardcover edition. 

From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6-An amusing fairy-tale adventure that takes the frog-turned-prince 
story a little further. Princess Emeralda is incredibly clumsy, she 
brays like a donkey when she laughs, and she would rather spend time 
outdoors or learning magic from her witch-aunt Grassina than marry self-centere-
d Prince Jorge. When she runs off to the nearby swamp, she meets "Frog" 
who, naturally, claims to be an enchanted prince and begs her for a 
spell-breaking kiss. But when she finally complies, something goes terribly 
wrong, and suddenly Emma is a green-skinned, pond-hopping frog. She 
and Eadric spend the rest of the book trying to undo the spells that 
have bewitched them, struggling to avoid a dragon, a frog-eating dog, 
and an inept angry witch along the way. When they are finally released 
from their enchantments, it's clear they will live a happy-if rather 
unconventional-life together. Baker's characters, especially Emma and 
Eadric, are more than meets the eye. The tale moves at a good pace, 
and, though the happy ending is predictable, the trials and tribulations 
that precede it are interesting. However, it's difficult to determine 
the book's audience. While the story would appeal to primary to intermediate 
grade girls, the vocabulary is rather sophisticated and seems to be 
more suited to young adults. Perhaps it would work best as a read-aloud. 
For fairy-tale themes more in tune with their specific audiences, turn 
to Donna Jo Napoli's The Prince of the Pond (Dutton, 1992) for intermediates, 
and her Zel (Puffin, 1998) or Beast (Atheneum, 2000) for the older crowd-

