Aesop's Fables vs The Frog Princess: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fables, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction, Fiction
Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Illustrated Fables features more than 400 fables, beautifully illustrated with engravings and color plates by Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, and Ernest Griset. It includes all of the classic fables whose…
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The Frog Princess
“Even as a little girl, I had thought that the swamp was a magical place where new lives began and old ones ended, where enemies and heroes weren't always what one expected, and where anything could happen, even to a clumsy princess.”
Princess Emeralda aka Emma isn't exactly an ideal princess. Her laugh is more like a donkey's bray than tinkling bells, she trips over her own feet and she does not like Prince Jorge, whom her mother hopes she will…
The verdict
- Readers rate Aesop's Fables highest: Aesop's Fables 4.4 · The Frog Princess 3.9.
- The Frog Princess is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Aesop's Fables.
- The Frog Princess has the widest readership — 28361 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
The Frog Princess
≈ 4h vs 7h for Aesop's Fables
Want the crowd-tested pick?
The Frog Princess
28361 ratings vs 1297 for Aesop's Fables
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Aesop's Fables
4.4 vs 3.9 from readers
New to the genre?
The Frog Princess
Easy vs Light for Aesop's Fables
Scores by source
| Aesop's Fables | The Frog Princess | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (28361) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (151) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1297) | — |
Reception
| Aesop's Fables | The Frog Princess | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1297 | 28361 |
| Editions | 29 | 15 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 10674 |
| Reading it now | — | 391 |
| Written reviews | — | 1514 |
| Wikipedia attention | 27758 | 2731 |
| Pages | 404 | 216 |