The Frog Daddy (A Graphic Novel)

by Andrew Weiner, Bethany Crandall (Illustrator)

Overview

Your favorite daddy-daughter duo take on another favorite fairy tale, this one about the time a wizard turned Andy into a frog!
 
It’s bedtime, so you know what that means—Estella is ready for another totally true story from her dad’s childhood. In tonight’s story, Andy is on a class trip to New York City, where he crosses paths with a wizard.
 
But Andy quickly learns that making fun of a grumpy wizard is not a good idea. Before he can say “RIBBIT!” Andy has been transformed into a frog.
 
With the help of his old pal Wendy, Andy will have to hop his way through the Big Apple to reverse the spell in this delightful early reader graphic novel filled with epic adventure, shenanigans, and belly laughs.

Read more of the Bedtime Fairy Tale Graphic Novels:
Daddy and the Beanstalk
Frog Daddy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316592932
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	06/10/2025
Series:	Bedtime Fairy Tale Graphic Novels , #2
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Andrew Weiner is a graphic novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, and the founder of the multimedia entertainment company Inner Station. Most recently, he cowrote and created the YA graphic novel, Girl on Fire alongside Alicia Keys. To date, he has written, produced, and/or directed eight feature films. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, his two small kids, and their giant cat, Waldo. 

Bethany Crandall is an illustrator and designer based in Idaho. Bethany has illustrated children’s books and for magazines. She has also worked doing designs for children’s television. Bethany studied at Brigham Young University-Idaho and graduated with a bachelor of fine arts in illustration. She enjoys drawing and reading. She invites you to find her on Instagram @bethanycrandallart.

Editorial Reviews

2025-03-22
A dad recalls a childhood adventure.

While preparing for bed, young Estella jumps on Dad’s head, toy sword in hand. This introduction foreshadows an equally dramatic, goofy bedtime story drawn from her father Andy’s broad imagination. In this reimagined fairy tale, young Andy is walking through Central Park on a field trip when he stumbles upon a man cloaked in wizard gear. Skeptical about the so-called wizard’s abilities, Andy teases him and, to his surprise, is swiftly transformed into a frog. The wizard then tasks Frog Andy with a quest to regain human form, and that’s where things rev up—the wizard demands a particular basketball player’s signature, a lion’s tail hair, and homemade matzo ball soup. Accompanied by a fox whom the wizard has turned into a pug, the amphibious boy must scour the city, from Madison Square Garden to the Bronx Zoo, to a pale-skinned young girl’s apartment hallway, and finally back to a classic city hot dog cart. Though the human re-transformation doesn’t demand a kiss, as in the original, Andy does learn an important lesson about being well mannered. Like the previous volume, the narrative is speckled with digressions and gags, and the result is an adorable amble in the park. Crandall’s illustrations hit many bright, happy notes, reveling in a classically cartoonish Big Apple. Andy and Estella are olive-skinned and dark-haired; other players are diverse.

A silly, sweet bedtime tale brought to life.(Graphic fiction. 5-10)

Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Daddy and the Beanstalk:

"Elementary-schoolers who can't get enough early reader comics, especially those who like fantasy adventures, will get lots of enjoyment out of Weiner's playful take on a classic story."—Booklist

"Laughs abound in this fractured fairy tale embedded in a bedtime story."—School Library Journal

"Crandall’s bubbly illustrations serve the plot well, shining in sequences where a comparatively tiny Andy navigates the giant child’s home.... A cheerful, slightly snarky riff on a familiar fable."—Kirkus Review

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