Having been turned into a frog by a hag, a frog-prince makes the best of his new life as he mates, raises a family, and instills a new kind of thinking into his frog family.
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Grade 3-6-This retold fairy tale has its poignant moments, but it's also hilarious at times. Most of the funny bits come when the prince who's been turned into a frog tries to communicate. He can't pronounce words so well because he doesn't know how to roll up his tongue (hence the subtitle), so it makes a great read-aloud. Pin bravely taunts a dangerous spiked turtle with mangled insults like "you one dumb tuh-tuh," hops to safety, then spits a rock at him. A female frog makes earnest attempts to understand the extraordinary title character. She's a smart little amphibian, but readers know exactly why Pin is such a puzzle to her, which makes her efforts to figure him out all the more humorous. Science Is Fun Award: Readers will enjoy this funny fairy tale, but they will also learn about what makes frogs different from toads, why they have two vocal sacs, and how the whole mating thing works.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Hysterical, Sweet, Informative -- Wonderful!,
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I am agog at the reviews that complain about Pin's speech being annoying, or the biology lesson feel of the book. My kids (5 and 7) and I loved this poignant story of acceptance: acceptance of others' differences, of one's changing circumstances. They laughed themselves silly as Pin outwitted the pond's predators. I was incredibly touched by the lessons learned by both Pin and Jade as they got to know each other better. We never found the information the story conveyed to be heavy-handed or intrusive. It is one of the most imaginative books I've read in a long time. Beautiful illustrations and beautiful characters.
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What a beautiful story,
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This review is from: The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin (Paperback)
My ten year old and I loved this book and could not stop reading it. I was touched by the metaphor for life, cold blooded frogs learn to love and be a family. How deeply Pin loved his wife and family. How patient Jade was with his speech difficulties with his giant frog tongue. What fun it was to learn about the life of the pond and frogs in a way that was incidental to the story. This story was a powerful package of life, love, and facts of pond life, and how making room in your heart for love leads to extraordinary events. The drawings were a wonderful preview of what might happen next.
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Prince of the Pond,
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This review is from: The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin (Paperback)
The Pond.
There is a prince named Pin who has something happen to him. He gets turned into a frog by a hag. Then a frog comes by and becomes his friend. Pin calls this frog Jade. Some events in this story are Pin the frog doesn't want to have his babies to get eaten. He doesn't stay at the pond so he goes to a well instead. Where there are no water snakes no bullfrogs and no water scorpions and good bugs to eat. Something I learned from this book is somethings that may be important to us may not always be important to frogs. Some frogs may have the same resemblance as us like we both need water to survive. A message that the author might be sending is that we both don't always do everything the dame and probably never will. What I Love about this book is that there are a lot of outside activities and gorgeous ponds. The amount of sunny days reminds me of a beautiful summer day. It makes me happy when I read this book. I think that if your
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He was sitting in the middle of the slate walk by the hag's house. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
left vocal sac, mating hole, wood frog, human woman, sow bug, other frogs New!
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He was sitting in the middle of the slate walk by the hag's house. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
left vocal sac, mating hole, wood frog, human woman, sow bug, other frogs New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Reflections of Change: Children's Literature Since 1945 (Contributions to the Study of World Literature) by Sandra L. Beckett on page 18, and page 21
- When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition (Literary Studies) by Jack Zipes on page 28, and Back Matter
- Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales by Jack Zipes on page 222, and Back Matter
- When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition (Literary Studies) by Jack Zipes on page 28, and Back Matter
- Choosing Books for Children: A Commonsense Guide by Betsy Hearne on page 148, and page 151
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