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mturney1010's review against another edition
5.0
As a child, I loved all things fairy tale. This book was no exception. It is clever, and beautifully illustrated. I love that my daughter loves it (I have to read it to her several times a day). I also love the message at the end, and that it shows that the prince and princess really do love each other, but they've let selfishness and social expectations creep into their relationship. It's best to just be ourselves and love each other.
melmollick's review against another edition
4.0
This is a great example of a fractured fairy tale. I kind of wish more information was given about the princess, though. For example, why would the prince bother with her since she's obviously a "nag". I didn't really like that this spin on a classic fairy tale didn't attempt to alter any female stereotypes.
ibj's review against another edition
5.0
PB 34. This was another great alternative fairy tale book. It took a really humorous look at what happened after the traditional fairy tale. I don't think this book is as effective as some of the other books that have the same sort of idea, but I would love to check it out from the library during a fairy tale unit and recommend it to kids during their DEAR time.
emdoux's review against another edition
5.0
I did this as an impromptu storytime for 3rd grade as I was watching their class for about ten minutes one day. I wish I could type in the voice I used for the frog prince, as this was one of the finest examples of my voice acting in my whole storytime life.
scostner's review against another edition
4.0
The kids love it when I read it using different accents for each character.
ketutar's review against another edition
2.0
It was OK, but the cover promised more than what was inside. The story was sort of cute, but the illustrations were kind of stupid.
circe813's review against another edition
5.0
When I was a camp counselor, I read this book to my teenage girls. I love parallel literature, and while this is a children's book, I think it qualifies as such. It has enough asides to entertain adults if you have to read it repeatedly (seriously, it took me about 25 reads to notice the wallpaper in the Prince and Princess's home), and leads to good discussions about what happens after "happily ever after."
lturner's review against another edition
4.0
This is a cute book about contentment. & advice for avoiding trouble..... namely avoid famous witches
pussreboots's review against another edition
2.0
While waiting in the library for my children to find books I spotted a copy of The Frog Prince, Continued by Jon Scieszka sitting on the table. I decided to read the picture book while I waited.
The book as the title implies, is a sequel to the Frog Prince story. The Frog Prince story seems to be coming back in popularity, although by publish date, Scieszka's book is about a decade ahead of the curve.
Here the frog is a human prince, married to a human princess. She nags. They aren't living in the opulence promised at the end of the tale. Their relationship is depicted as being like Ralph and Alice Kramden. The prince wants out of the marriage and wants to be a frog again. He goes out into the forest to find a magical creature who can turn him back. He needs Bombina from For Biddle's Sake by Gail Levine (review coming).
Although the ending is happy I didn't like the book. There was too much emphasis put on the fantasy cameos and not enough thought to the big picture. The gags feel disjointed and the main character is so unlikable that I couldn't get into the story.
The book as the title implies, is a sequel to the Frog Prince story. The Frog Prince story seems to be coming back in popularity, although by publish date, Scieszka's book is about a decade ahead of the curve.
Here the frog is a human prince, married to a human princess. She nags. They aren't living in the opulence promised at the end of the tale. Their relationship is depicted as being like Ralph and Alice Kramden. The prince wants out of the marriage and wants to be a frog again. He goes out into the forest to find a magical creature who can turn him back. He needs Bombina from For Biddle's Sake by Gail Levine (review coming).
Although the ending is happy I didn't like the book. There was too much emphasis put on the fantasy cameos and not enough thought to the big picture. The gags feel disjointed and the main character is so unlikable that I couldn't get into the story.