The Frog Prince, Continued

The Frog Prince, Continued

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name = The Frog Prince, Continued
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author = Jon Scieszka
illustrator = Steve Johnson
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country = USA
language = English
series =
subject = Fairy tales
genre = Children's picture book
publisher = Scholastic, Inc.
pub_date = 1991
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pages = 32
isbn = 0590981676
oclc = 52539603
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"The Frog Prince, Continued" (ISBN 0590981676) by Jon Scieszka (illustrated by Steve Johnson) is a picture book parody "sequel" to the tale of The Frog Prince, in which a princess kisses a frog which then turns into a prince. It was first published in 1991.

Instead of living happily ever after, issues ensue on both sides. The princess wants the prince to go do something heroic instead of lying around the castle catching flies all day (he's now human but retains some froggy habits). The prince wishes she wouldn't nag him and thinks he was happier back at his lily pad. Eventually he gets fed up and runs away.

The prince encounters three witches on his wanderings and asks each to turn him back into a frog, so he can live happily ever after. The first witch offers him an (obviously poisoned) apple. The second witch thinks he's looking for Sleeping Beauty. The third lives in a gingerbread house, appears to know Hansel and Gretel, and invites the prince in for dinner. The prince wisely flees from these witches, but finds himself lost in the forest with night falling.

At last he happens upon a fairy godmother, who is on her way to see a girl about a ball, but who obligingly turns him into a carriage (her repertoire is limited). As he sits in the forest and realizes just how good he had it with the princess, he thinks he'll never get home again. Fortunately, the fairy godmother's magic wears off at (not surprisingly) midnight, the prince turns back into a prince, and he runs home to his princess.

When she tells him how much she loves him and was worried about him, the prince kisses the princess, and their troubles are resolved with a different happy ending.


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