18 books like The Frog Princess

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Aesop's Fables Aesop · 2005 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Moderate 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 titles and morals have become part of our common cultural vocabulary, among them "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", "The Tortoise and the Hare", "The City Mouse and the Country Mouse", "The… Shares: Fables, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The light princess George MacDonald · 1926 · ★ 4.0 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Because she is not invited to the christening of the princess, the King's sister casts a spell depriving the child of gravity and the ability to weep tears. Shares: Fables, Princesses, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The Wizards of Once: Book 1 Cressida Cowell · 2017 · ★ 4.2 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Once there were Wizards, who were Magic, and Warriors, who were not. But Xar, son of the King of Wizards, can't cast a single spell. And Wish, daughter of the Warrior Queen, has a banned magical object of her own. When they collide in the wildwood, on the trail of a deadly witch, it's the start of a grand adventure that just might change the fabric of their worlds. Shares: Princes, Princesses, Witches, Children's fiction

Twice Magic Cressida Cowell · 2018 · ★ 4.3 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Once there were Wizards, who were Magic, and Warriors, who were not ... except for two. Xar, son of the King of Wizards, can't cast a single spell. And Wish, daughter of the Warrior Queen, stumbles across gifts of her own. When they collide in the wildwood, on the trail of a deadly witch, it's the start of a grand adventure that just might change the fabric of their worlds. Shares: Princes, Princesses, Witches, Children's fiction

The boy with two shadows Margaret Mahy · 1971 · ★ 3.6 · 26p · ≈ 52m · Moderate When a witch decides to go on holiday she looks for someone to look after her shadow. But having two shadows to look after, especially when one belongs to a witch, is a big job, as a little boy is about to find out." Shares: Witches, Fantasy, Children's fiction

Spindle's End Robin McKinley · 2000 · ★ 3.8 · 395p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The evil fairy Pernicia has set a curse on Princess Briar-Rose: she is fated to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into an endless, poisoned sleep. Katriona, a young fairy, kidnaps the princess in order to save her; she and her aunt raise the child in their small village, where no one knows her true identity. But Pernicia is looking for her, intent on revenge for a… Shares: Princesses, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's fiction

Princess Smartypants Babette Cole · 1986 · ★ 3.5 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Not wishing to marry any of her royal suitors, Princess Smartypants devises difficult tasks at which they all fail, until the multitalented Prince Swashbuckle appears. Shares: Princes, Princesses, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

How to train your dragon Cressida Cowell · 2003 · ★ 4.4 · 221p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put upon Viking you'd ever seen. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at… Shares: Humorous fiction, Spanish language materials, Humorous stories, Fantasy

The Paper Bag Princess Robert N. Munsch · 1980 · ★ 4.3 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Story about not accepting failure or giving up on what you want. It's not about looks or power but tenacity and quick thinking. Hurray for you Princess of the Paper Bag. Very short, easy reading. I wanted to hear more about her. Shares: Princes, Princesses, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

The cry of the Icemark Stuart Hill · 2005 · 472p · ≈ 15h · Moderate When her father is killed, princess Thirrin Freer Strong-In-The-Arm Lindenshield becomes queen of Icemark and searches for a way to protect her people and their homeland from invaders from the Polypontian Empire. Shares: Princesses, Witches, Fantasy, Children's fiction

Poison frog assault Jack Patton · 2015 · ★ 4.5 · 118p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The battle bugs face assault in three dimensions: lizards in front of them, birds above, poison frogs below. Will Max's daring plan be approved, let alone successful? Shares: Frogs, Fantasy, Children's fiction

Magic Fishbone Charles Dickens · 1911 · 33p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Originally subtitled: A Holiday Romance from the Pen of Miss Alice Rainbird, Aged 7 An original fairy tale about a large royal family (with a striking resemblance to a Victorian family of the lower middle class), a sensible princess heroine, and a take-no-nonsense fairy godmother. Shares: Princesses, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

Lizzie Dripping Helen Cresswell · 1973 · ★ 4.0 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Moderate A sumptuous collection of favourite tales by renowned author Helen Cresswell, with exquisite illustrations by Siân Bailey.Open this book and enter the magical world of fairy tales, a land of mystery and enchantment, alive with handsome princes, wicked queens and beautiful heroines.This classically beautiful collection brings together twelve popular fairy tales, retold by well-known author Helen… Shares: Witches, Children's fiction

The Spiderwick Chronicles Tony DiTerlizzi · 2004 · ★ 4.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate German-language description Jared und seine Geschwister Simon und Mallory haben in dem alten Haus, in dem sie seit kurzem wohnen, eine geheimnisvolle Entdeckung gemacht: Arthur Spiderwicks Handbuch der magischen Geschöpfe! Plötzlich eröffnet sich den Kindern eine Welt voller Magie und Zauberwesen – doch nicht alle sind ihnen freundlich gesonnnen. Urplötzlich heiklen Situationen und ungeahnten… Shares: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's fiction

The 13 Clocks James Thurber · 1950 · ★ 4.0 · 124p · ≈ 4h · Moderate "There has never been anything like this before, and there will never be anything like this again…[Thurber] takes such delight in the words. It's like it's written by somebody who wants to infect you with his love of words. There are poems hidden in the text. There are places where it wanders into rhyme and out again. There are all of the invented words. The story itself is nonsense in the finest… Shares: Princes, Princesses, Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School #3) Louis Sachar · 1995 · ★ 4.2 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Moderate All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of the infestation of cows! Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the 30th floor. Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside… Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction

Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede · 1990 · ★ 4.2 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A well written, fast paced YA fantasy with a good sense of humour. Cimorene, an independent minded princess, runs away from home and volunteers to be the a dragon's princess, getting caught up in dragon politics, magic, and the machinations of rival wizards. This is the first book in a series of four. Shares: Princesses, Fairy Tales, Humorous stories, Fantasy

The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) Andrew Lang · 1901 · ★ 4.0 · 266p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of Japan, Serbia, Lithuania, Africa, Portugal, Romania, and Russia. Shares: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction

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