Step into the magical world of Child's Play fairy tales... Traditional tales are a well-established part of all cultures. These lively stories will captivate readers with their delightful illustrations and fun lift-up flaps. The flaps encourage prediction and discussion, and well-known stories will give young readers confidence.
Prince Lucien's family turns him into a frog in order to keep him safe from assassination attempts and Ariane is the servant tasked with caring for the Frog Prince. Prince Lucien learns that she is a strong, capable person, not just someone to be ordered around and she learns that maybe he's not as dimwitted as he'd presented. But as they begin to fall in love, a dark magic threatens the land.
Return to the enthralling and always surprising world of Tyme, this time with a roguish frog prince and a secret plot, as Megan Morrison continues her acclaimed fantasy series. Syrah Huanui is a frog. He wasn't always one--once he was a Prince of the Olive Isles, a champion launchball player, a beloved favorite of all.Or so he thought! After accidentally (OK, intentionally) letting a love letter from the cloying Deli Gourd get published for everyone to read, his fed-up family kicks him out. And an unfortunate encounter with a Wishing Well leaves him trapped in the body of a frog, with no hope of transforming back.A year later, Syrah finds himself in Yellow alongside who else: Deli. A sudden, deadly plague has started to run through the country, right before a crucial election for Governor. Syrah isn't sure he'll ever become himself again, or if anyone will ever realize that it's HIM in there, but he is sure he might be able to help stop whatever evil is going on...
He needs a kiss. She needs a clue. Princess Carina's mission is simple: find the thief who broke into her kingdom's most secure vault, bring him to justice, and prove her worth as a spy. But the trail has gone cold, and her father has another mission in mind. If she fails to apprehend the thief, Carina will be pressed into a loveless marriage with a foreign king and forced to say goodbye to her beloved homeland. She needs help. She gets a talking frog. Prince Stefan's perfect prank goes perfectly wrong when a vengeful mermaid transforms him into a frog a few days before his brother's wedding. A kiss from Princess Carina could set things right, but she's focused on her mission and not inclined to kiss anyone. Especially not the snarky amphibian interfering with her investigation. Can Stefan and Carina learn to work together and solve the mystery before they both run out of time? Princess of Secrets is an imaginative retelling of The Frog Prince. Discover the standalone Fairy Tale Adventure that readers call "an amazing read" and "outrageously fun." If you like clean romance, witty banter, and surprise twists, then you'll love A.G. Marshall's action-packed retelling. Get it today!
In this brilliant jewel of a book, the best-selling author of Tao Te Ching: A New English Version expands and deepens the classic fairy tale in the most surprising and delightful ways, giving new emphasis to its message of the transcendent power of love. The Frog Prince tells the story of a meditative frog's love for a rebellious princess, how she came to love him in spite of herself, and how her refusal to compromise helped him become who he truly was. This is a magical book that moves (amphibiously) from story to meditation and back, from the outrageous to the philosophical to the silly to the sublime. Profound, touching, written in prose as lively and unpredictable as a dream, The Frog Prince tickles the mind, opens the heart, and holds up a mirror to the soul.
A disappearance. An infatuation. The Frog Prince is an intriguing, multi-layered novel giving us a story, within a story, within a story. Remember the kiss between the frog prince and the princess? What about the part where the princess angrily flings the frog against the wall? What was that about? At an international school in France, the young teacher Cara writes her own version of the classic tale by the Brothers Grimm. Their fairy tale is nothing like Cara’s relationship with David, but when Cara disappears, can the story help David unravel what has happened? As for the various princesses and frogs in this intriguing multi-layered novel, will any live happily ever after? This is a stunning debut adult novel by James Norcliffe, who is renowned for his award-winning children’s books and for his poems, which David Eggleton says ‘invariably get us to attend more closely to the spirit of existence, to moments of being’.
She's an ingenious and beautiful commoner He's the rollicking goblin princeWhat was fate thinking?The Academy is for the rich and royal, not the poor daughter of a charlatan. But Brisa wants more from her life than the next town and a new scam, so she decides to break barriers and send the dean an essay on why commoners should be able to attend. She is both shocked and overjoyed when he accepts. The only catch is she must maintain top grades in her class.With the first round of tests looming, Brisa is neck-deep in studying and reports. Minor things like extracurricular activities and making friends are not on her radar. However, when she inadvertently stumbles into the middle of the Assassination game and offends Krabbs, the goblin prince, she's drawn into being a spy for them.Krabbs and his team of miscreants show Brisa that there is more to the Academy than books, but Brisa refuses to admit that she's having fun. She also refuses to admit that green skin and big ears are starting to look good to her. When her past threatens her future, Brisa must decide between Krabbs and the Academy.If you're a fan of The Frog Prince, delightful twists and determined heroines, this book is for you! Download your copy today.*Note: This is a 100 page novella*
After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means--and the self-confidence--to become human again.
She was promised to wed a greedy, lustful king from a rival nation. The same king who had arranged the ambush and murder of her father. When enemy forces invade her homeland of Enwayo, Princess Akinyi chooses to forsake her love and remain with her people as a prisoner instead of fleeing for the safe haven of her with her brother. As part of this, she decides to make the ultimate sacrifice: becoming the bride of her mortal enemy. The doomed Princess luck changes after almost drowning in a lake. There, she encounters a talking frog named Tumelo. He is a simple but not ordinary frog. And he offers to make a special deal with the princess. For a price. What does he want? Is it worth it? She was promised to wed a greedy, lustful king from a rival nation. The same king who had arranged the ambush and murder of her father. When enemy forces invade her homeland of Enwayo, Princess Akinyi chooses to forsake her love and remain with her people as a prisoner instead of fleeing for the safe haven of her with her brother. As part of this, she decides to make the ultimate sacrifice: becoming the bride of her mortal enemy. The doomed Princess luck changes after almost drowning in a lake. There, she encounters a talking frog named Tumelo. He is a simple but not ordinary frog. And he offers to make a special deal with the princess. For a price. What does he want? Is it worth it?
Genre: Fairytales Retold Short Story. Word Count: 5845 Escaping insincere condolences, Calandra wanders far from home and comes across a spring. Losing her golden ball in the spring she fears it's lost forever. A frog fetches it for her in exchange for a promise she's forced to keep. This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, once upon a time, fairytales, folklore, romance, magic, enchantment, travel, adventure, prince.