The little princess in The Frog Prince has lost her favourite golden ball. A croaky frog offers to find it, if she will be his friend. But the princess doesn't like bulgy-eyed frogs. What will she do?
This book features in the following series: First Fairy Tales, Orchard Colour Crunchies .
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Hachette Children's Group .
Margaret Mayo lives in Brighton with her husband. As a mother, grandmother and former teacher, she has used her wide range of experience to retell some of the most well-loved tales from different parts of the world. Margaret has written several books for Orchard. Philip Norman lives in France with his wife and children. The First Fairy Tales series is the first series he has illustrated for Orchard. Margaret Mayo is an acclaimed storyteller and author of many bestselling children's titles. A former teacher, she uses her wide-ranging experience with children in her writing. She lives in Brighton.
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.]
