Dragon Kiss (The Tales of the Frog Princess Series #7)

by E. D. Baker

Overview

Audun is on a quest to find Princess Millie, and to become human in order to win her heart. But The Dragon King has set out a number of tasks Audun must perform before he is permitted to even try to woo Millie...and each one is filled with E. D. Baker's signature adventure and hilarity as this dragon-turned-human-turned dragon and back again battles sea witches and warlocks both familiar to readers of the series, and altogether new. A fantastic stand-alone fairy tale that brings new life to this wonderful series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599905839
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/15/2010
Series:	Tales of the Frog Princess Series , #7
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
Lexile:	920L (what's this?)
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

E. D. Baker is the author of The Tales of the Frog Princess series, including The Frog Princess, which was in part the inspiration for a new Disney movie which will be released this fall (The Princess and the Frog). Baker is also the author of Wings: A Fairy Tale. She lives with her family and many pets in Maryland.

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E. D. Baker is the author of the Tales of the Frog Princess series, The Wide-Awake Princess series, The Fairy-Tale Matchmaker series, and many other delightful books for young readers, including A Question of Magic, Fairy Wings,and Fairy Lies. Her first book, The Frog Princess, was the inspiration for Disney's hit movie The Princess and the Frog. She lives with her family and their many animals in Churchville, Maryland.

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Editorial Reviews

Gr 3–5—Baker has lost momentum since The Frog Princess (Bloomsbury, 2003), the first book in the series. This installment revolves around the dragon Audun, who wants to become a human so that he can woo Millie, his sweetheart from the previous book—a human who can turn into a dragon. It seems that each of their families harbors prejudices against the other life-form. To gain the knowledge he desires, he must undertake a series of quests for the dragons of his own kingdom: fetching the fertile egg of a desert-dwelling bird, exchanging it for a flute that's held by a sea witch, and so on. The quests seem never-ending, and become tedious and regrettably predictable. An evil sorcerer, spied in passing early on, comes in view again and again, until he is revealed to be Audun's most formidable antagonist. Of course, every good deed the dragon performs, no matter how inadvertent, influences his progress toward his goal. All ends happily, with a dragon kiss, if readers care enough to read that far.—Miriam Lang Budin, Chappaqua Public Library, NY

School Library Journal

High-spirited romantic comedy. . . . Fans of Gail Carson Levine's Princess Tales should leap for it.” —Kirkus Reviews on The Frog Princess

“As magically adventurous as fantasy can get.” —VOYA on Dragon's Breath

“Baker's vividly imagined fantasy world . . . [is] irresistible and loaded with humor.” —VOYA on Once Upon a Curse

“Kids will get a kick out of the hip Shrek vibe that Baker creates in this updated fairy tale.” —School Library Journal on No Place for Magic

“High-spirited romantic comedy. . . . Fans of Gail Carson Levine's Princess Tales should leap for it.” —Kirkus Reviews on The Frog Princess

“Kids will get a kick out of the hip Shrek vibe that Baker creates in this updated fairy tale.” —SLJ on No Place for Magic

From the Publisher

Poor Audun. It’s hard enough being a teenage dragon in love, but it’s even harder when your heart belongs to a human. Even though Millie can turn into a dragon, this is hardly a match made in heaven, especially in the eyes of Audun’s dragon family. Narrator Katherine Kellgren enhances Baker’s lively premise. The story includes dialogue between many characters—human, dragon, even shrill nymphs—which she infuses with playful variety and insight into character. She also demonstrates a knack for deft pacing and an easy grasp of plot, no doubt earned through narrating the other books in the series. Kellgren’s pleasure in storytelling results in a thoroughly enjoyable production. J.C.G. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

MAY 2011 - AudioFile