The Prince of the Pond (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) [School & Library Binding]

Donna Jo Napoli (Author), Judith Byron Schachner (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. 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

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

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.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• School & Library Binding: 151 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785733728
• ISBN-13: 978-0785733720
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,100,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

For all information about Donna Jo Napoli (books, events, biography, awards, contact information), please go to http://www.donnajonapoli.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical, Sweet, Informative -- Wonderful!, July 27, 2004

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P. S Waters (Hummelstown, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin (Paperback)

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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a beautiful story, April 18, 2002

By A Customer

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Prince of the Pond, April 13, 2006

A Kid's Review

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