The Frog Prince Continued

The Frog Prince Continued
By Jon Scieszka
Penguin Group, 1991
Pages: 28
Reading Level: 6-9
Genre: Picture Book

The first two pages of the book start out with “The Princess kissed the frog. He turned into a prince. And they lived happily ever after...Well, let's just say they lived sort of happy for a long time. Okay, so they weren't so happy. In fact, they were miserable.” It goes on to tell us why the Princess and the Prince aren't getting along. After a while of living miserably, the Prince decides to find a witch to turn him back into a frog. Although he has no trouble finding witches, he can't seem to find the right one. He runs into Sleeping Beauty's witch, then Snow White's, and Hansel and Gretel's. Each tried to do to him what they did to their princesses. He finally comes upon Cinderella's witch. She tries to help him, but in the end, turns him into a carriage. When midnight strikes, he turns back into himself and heads home. The Princess tells him that she was so worried about him, and the Prince realizes that she really does love him. Then he kisses her and they both turn into frogs and live happily ever after.

I would recommend this book to all children.

This could cause children to attempt to run from their problem, instead of solving them in the beginning

I LOVED this book. It has a great storyline, and a great theme about love, even when life isn't going how you expected it to go.

My Rating: *****