Three princes - one fat, one vain, and one thoughtful - are ordered by their mother the Queen to find themselves brides. The first two find themselves brides to be, and the thoughtful one finds himself a frog. But not all is at it seems when the Queen sets tasks for the brides to see who will rule.
This book is part of a book series called Red Fox Picture Books .
There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2000 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .
Laura Cecil works as a literary agent and is also the editor of many successful anthologies. Emma Chichester Clark studied at the Chelsea School of Art and has a high reputation in the world of children's books. She won the Mother Goose Award in 1988 for LISTEN TO THIS, an anthology compiled by Laura Cecil. Author and illustrator both live in London. Emma Chichester Clark studied at Chelsea School of Art and then the Royal College WHere she was taught by Quentin Blake. She won the Mother Goose Award in 1988 for Listen to This.
This book contains the following story:
The Frog Prince
When she loses her beautiful golden ball at the bottom of the well, the princess is very upset. Then an ugly frog offers to help but in return he asks that she take him as her friend, to eat at her plate and sleep on her bed. The princess does not believe the frog will be able to escape from the well and wants her toy so she agrees to the terms. The frog rescues the ball but once she has it the princess runs away back to the castle. Later there is a knock at the door and the princess is forced to admit to her father what happened. The King demands that she keep her promise and so the frog joins them for dinner, eating from her plate and then follows the princess up to bed. When the princess kisses the frog he turns into a handsome prince and they live happily ever after. [Note: In the original Grimm retelling an angry princess throws him at the wall and he turns into a prince.]
