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Dragon's Breath (The Tales of the Frog Princess #2)
by
E.D. Baker (Goodreads Author)
Emma and Eadric have no sooner turned back into humans (from being frogs) than Emma's mother is in a panic, Aunt Grassina is distracted because she's found her true love turned into an otter, and Emma's magic is so out of control she sends herself to the dungeon by mistake. The neighboring kingdom has chosen this moment to attack, and if Emma can't get Grassina's mind back...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
October 7th 2005
by Bloomsbury USA Childrens
(first published October 6th 2003)
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THIS BOOK COUNTS AS 2 BOOKS
After Emma and Eadric were turned back to humans, Emma was trying to figure out how Haywood could turn back into a human[instead of an otter:], so her aunt Grassina and Haywood could be together again and possibly get married. Emma decided that the only way to turn Haywood back would be by asking her grandmother[who was the one who turned him into an otter:]. Grassina, Eadric, Haywood, and Emma travel to her grandmother to ask her. Grassina refuses and puts a spell...more
After Emma and Eadric were turned back to humans, Emma was trying to figure out how Haywood could turn back into a human[instead of an otter:], so her aunt Grassina and Haywood could be together again and possibly get married. Emma decided that the only way to turn Haywood back would be by asking her grandmother[who was the one who turned him into an otter:]. Grassina, Eadric, Haywood, and Emma travel to her grandmother to ask her. Grassina refuses and puts a spell...more
It has only been a day or two since Emma turned back into her princess form, but she and Prince Eadric are thrown into another adventure as they try and help Emma's aunt Grassina find the spell to turn her true love from an otter back into a wizard. The spell that Emma's own grandmother cast is one of the toughest to crack, but Emma is determined to help her aunt be happy. Emma and Eadric begin their search and find themselves in a mermaid's lair, a magic market, a winged horse's cave, and a dra...more
Emma and Eadric are humans again and must help Grassina to get her true love back. Haywood was turned into an otter years before by Grassina's mother. She didn't think he wasa suitable suitor for her daughter so thought this was the best way to get rid of him. She made the recipe for the cure deliberately difficult so he wouldn't be able to turn back. But now Grassina has found him again she is determined not to let him go. So with Emma and Eadric's help they set off to find four magical items n...more
I'd recommend the series for the 8-13 age bracket, unless you're looking to escape an alarmingly adult life. Which is what I'm looking to do. So, yes, this series is a little young for me, but they're quick, they're lighthearted, and they aren't overly sappy or gushy. No insta-love here. Also, no unfortunate delusion that liking each other means constantly sharing one personal space bubble (or as I like to call it, "bubbular aura"). I like that the main character is willing to turn down kisses;...more
Dragon's Breath is the second book in the Frog Princess Series. The story continues right where the Frog Princess ended.
Again we are treated to Emma and Eadric, both as humans, although Emma is having a little magic problem, everytime she sneezes, she turns herself and Eadric back into frogs. It seems to happen at the most inconvient times too!
We revisit Grassina and Haywood, who is still an otter and their quest to reverse her mothers spell and turn Haywood back into a man, which turns out to b...more
Again we are treated to Emma and Eadric, both as humans, although Emma is having a little magic problem, everytime she sneezes, she turns herself and Eadric back into frogs. It seems to happen at the most inconvient times too!
We revisit Grassina and Haywood, who is still an otter and their quest to reverse her mothers spell and turn Haywood back into a man, which turns out to b...more
Aug 09, 2010
Sara ♥
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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young-adult,
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romance,
ripped
I finally figured out how to get mp3 audiobooks from NetLibrary onto my Zune, so I listened to this book. TOTALLY cute!
This was a great little sequel to The Frog Princess, with more adventures of Emma and Eadric.... This time they're on a quest to turn Emma's aunt Grassina's fiancé from an otter back into a human. So they have to figure out how to break the spell, then have to go around collecting bizarre and difficult-to-find objects needed in said breaking. And wow, is it interesting! Plus th...more
This was a great little sequel to The Frog Princess, with more adventures of Emma and Eadric.... This time they're on a quest to turn Emma's aunt Grassina's fiancé from an otter back into a human. So they have to figure out how to break the spell, then have to go around collecting bizarre and difficult-to-find objects needed in said breaking. And wow, is it interesting! Plus th...more
The first book ends with Grassina discovering that her long lost love, Hayward has been turned into an otter. She sets out to find her mother to find out how to change him back. The spell is full of unusual items that Emma and Eadric set off to find.
I do think that I enjoyed this book more than the first. We see Emma working on her magic and her adventures are more varied. They visit a sea witch, an enchanted marketplace and the Dragon Olympics. There is also a lot more interaction between them...more
I do think that I enjoyed this book more than the first. We see Emma working on her magic and her adventures are more varied. They visit a sea witch, an enchanted marketplace and the Dragon Olympics. There is also a lot more interaction between them...more
This book was good, but I liked the first one a lot better.
Plot: I like stories where the characters are out questing and what not, but I thought the reason they were going about places was kinda dumb. I don't like how Grassina shirked all her responsibilities to save her lover. I understand that saving your boyfriend is important, but this just didn't sit right with me. I liked the underwater bits and the dragons though. Those parts were neat.
Characters: I still like Emma, and I think her chara...more
Plot: I like stories where the characters are out questing and what not, but I thought the reason they were going about places was kinda dumb. I don't like how Grassina shirked all her responsibilities to save her lover. I understand that saving your boyfriend is important, but this just didn't sit right with me. I liked the underwater bits and the dragons though. Those parts were neat.
Characters: I still like Emma, and I think her chara...more
Apr 23, 2011
Nechelle
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This book dragon's breath is a fantasy i used to read with my little sister, written by E.D. Baker. Of course after the first book i really was curious of what would happen next so I decided to share the story with my sis. In this next book, the frog princess is able to controle her changings..sometimes.But this time she cannot, not without a little bit of dragon help. The princess and her prince must find a way to turn back the spell and get home without family worring about them and their warr...more
Following the adventures in "The Frog Princess", Emma and Eadric have transformed from their froggy forms and are once again human. Emma's aunt, Grassina, has been reunited with her long lost love Haywood, but trouble is brewing. A neighboring kingdom is threatening Greensward and the resident witch, Grassina, is too distracted by Haywood to be of any help. Emma and Eadric embark on a journey to change Haywood from otter to man (a nasty spell put on him by Grassina's mother) and save the kingdom...more
This second book of the series was much more enjoyable than the first. Though I still feel that Emma is a bit too juvenile, this story was funny and interesting. There were many more secondary characters introduced throughout the tale and they were all pleasant and fun to read about. I think I liked this one more because it actually felt like there was a plot going on. Emma and Eadric help Grassina search for the items needed to turn her beloved Haywood back into a human after 20+ years as an ot...more
Days after returning from being frogs, Emma and Eadric now take off on a pursuit with Emma's aunt to find the cure for the spell cast on Grassina's suitor so many years ago by her mother. Getting the now mean-spirited witch to help with anything was a daunting task to begin with, but when she turns up missing, things become even more desperate. When with the help of a little mouse they manage to find the location of their missing relative, the group arrives only to find her pleasant and memory-f...more
Jan 14, 2010
Dolly
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
older children and parents reading with them
Wow! Did it take us a long time to read this book! It was 292 pages, so that was a bit of an issue, but since we started it during the Christmas season, it often got pushed aside for other, more seasonal books. But finally the push was on to finish the book (my daughter had borrowed it from her school library and they wanted it back!) And once we got immersed in the story, it was a wonderful tale, exciting and suspenseful. The book took us to a fantasy world of witches, dragons, mermaids, giants...more
I really liked this book because it had............Romance, it was funny and it wasn't to kiddish.
Jan 07, 2010
Emily
added it
I am absolutely loving this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Emma and Eadric are human agin only to discover every time Emma sneeze's they'er back to froggy hood!When they set of to find her grandmother to turn haywood back to a man. when they do she makes him disapere somplace!So Grassina goes to find him Emma and Eadric set of to find the ingridiants to turn him back into a man.
INGRIDIANTS:a gossamerhair from Mother-of-pearl
the breath of a dragon green
a feather from an aged horse
the husk of a ma...more
Emma and Eadric are human agin only to discover every time Emma sneeze's they'er back to froggy hood!When they set of to find her grandmother to turn haywood back to a man. when they do she makes him disapere somplace!So Grassina goes to find him Emma and Eadric set of to find the ingridiants to turn him back into a man.
INGRIDIANTS:a gossamerhair from Mother-of-pearl
the breath of a dragon green
a feather from an aged horse
the husk of a ma...more
Well so goes the sequel of the frog princess ...
Of course you already know emma isnt your typicall princess .Her lagh sounds like the bray of a donkey and shes a total clutz . In this second book Emma and Edric embark on an adventure to cure the curse Emma's evil grandmother bestoyed upon her aunt 's Bethroed.
Well i guess ur gonna have to read it to find out if she finds .........
the feather of an aged horse , the husk of a magig bean , a gossamer hair of mother of pearl ,and....THE BREATH OF...more
Of course you already know emma isnt your typicall princess .Her lagh sounds like the bray of a donkey and shes a total clutz . In this second book Emma and Edric embark on an adventure to cure the curse Emma's evil grandmother bestoyed upon her aunt 's Bethroed.
Well i guess ur gonna have to read it to find out if she finds .........
the feather of an aged horse , the husk of a magig bean , a gossamer hair of mother of pearl ,and....THE BREATH OF...more
Cute, for a children's book. I'd say that this book was a little more "Young Adult" genre (or leaning towards it) than the first book in the series. This book dealt with beheadings, ghosts, nasty spiders that wanted to get ahold of the main characters so they could "suck their blood out of their body" - just little situations that were a bit more "adult" and "scary" compared to the first book. I will say that the book seemed to end very - very - abruptly. One second, they were flying in the air...more
To all those people out there who gave this book a five-star rating, let me explain.
A long time ago, I read the entire series, and recall it with fond memories. However, when I found this book again and decided to reread it, I was shocked at how disgusted I was. The writing was choppy and immature, ringing with a kind of forced humor. Eadric was stupid, and the author obviously thought it was HILARIOUS for him to be hungry all of the time. I mean, how stupid do you have to be to eat a magic past...more
A long time ago, I read the entire series, and recall it with fond memories. However, when I found this book again and decided to reread it, I was shocked at how disgusted I was. The writing was choppy and immature, ringing with a kind of forced humor. Eadric was stupid, and the author obviously thought it was HILARIOUS for him to be hungry all of the time. I mean, how stupid do you have to be to eat a magic past...more
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I really liked Dragon's Breath,but I still think the first one is better.
The Good
1.It’s even more adventurous then the first book. They go to many different places besides a swamp,forest and a castle.
2.Eadric’s magical sword Ferdy somewhat reminded me of “Fi” from The Legend of Zelda:SS.Hopefully Feldy comes back for Part 3.
3.Dragons are introduced! I loved Ralf and his father Grumble Belly.
4.Emma’s determination to practice her magic and help numerous others throughout the book made me apprecia...more
The Good
1.It’s even more adventurous then the first book. They go to many different places besides a swamp,forest and a castle.
2.Eadric’s magical sword Ferdy somewhat reminded me of “Fi” from The Legend of Zelda:SS.Hopefully Feldy comes back for Part 3.
3.Dragons are introduced! I loved Ralf and his father Grumble Belly.
4.Emma’s determination to practice her magic and help numerous others throughout the book made me apprecia...more
Cindy Xu
Dragon's Breath (Tales of the Frog Princess, #2)
by E.D. Baker
It's a fairytale come true! The brave princess Emma embarks on a new adventurous journey. She and her former "frog prince," Eric, goes on the adventure in order to find her grandmother to help her aunt and her ture love be able to be together. This this world it is full of magic and wonder, Emma encounters many obstacles and deals with her magic. Something that you might find interesting is that whenever Emma sneezes she and...more
Dragon's Breath (Tales of the Frog Princess, #2)
by E.D. Baker
It's a fairytale come true! The brave princess Emma embarks on a new adventurous journey. She and her former "frog prince," Eric, goes on the adventure in order to find her grandmother to help her aunt and her ture love be able to be together. This this world it is full of magic and wonder, Emma encounters many obstacles and deals with her magic. Something that you might find interesting is that whenever Emma sneezes she and...more
The sequel to the Frog Princess. Unfortunately Emma and Eadric find out that they are not always human and can be changed back to frogs, both simultaneously, if she sneezes. Emma's Aunt Grassina wants to visit her mother, Emma's grandmother, an honery witch ever since a spell on flowers made her old and ugly. Since grandmother made Haywood into an otter, they expect her to be able to undo that spell. Unfortunately Grandmother is gone as are all the witches in her village. They have been enticed...more
Nov 22, 2008
Eliza Brittni
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
girls
Recommended to Eliza Brittni by:
me
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I loved continuing Emma & Eadric's adventures with them, but I did think the fact that they are still going back & forth between being humans and frogs was a little redundant. I liked seeing how Emma's magic has progressed, but did not care for the evil twist at the end, although it (of course) created a great starting off point for the next book after this one. It also seems like their luck is just too convenient, which after awhile gets kind of predictable, but I suppose for the type o...more
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This book is about how Emma and Eadric help Grassina The Green Witch turn her beloved Haywood (I think it's funny how some people in reviews call him Hayward) back into his human form. They go ona quest for magic beans, a feather from a horse, a lining of a conch shell, and of course, dragon's breath. It was clever how Grandmother Olivene had a trick up her sleeve. to find out what it was, you have to read it yourself!
Emma and Eadric find themselves on another adventure as they try to help Aunt Grassina restore her true love back to human form after 23 years as an otter. This is a wonderful continuation to The Frog Princess. I love the new characters we get to meet and the interaction with the old ones. E.D. Baker has created a delightful world in Greater Greensward, and I am looking forward to my next visit!
I like this book - it was a fun, light reading - but I can't stand the prince in it. He is too mean to the princess. It drives me crazy how he is always criticizing her and has no faith in her but then he'll say "oh, I love you, give me a kiss." And how she will think "he is right, I'm not that good at magic yet." That drove me crazy!!! Other than that, a fun book to read!
My children and I listened to this one in the car. I found all of us were excited to get in the car so that we could hear more of the story of Emma and Edric. Emma is a witch in training who is still mastering her powers, Edric was a price who was changed into a frog that she has rescued (that was in a prior book that I have not read). They have some great adventures with her aunt (a witch), her grandfather (a ghost), a dragon, a mermaid and more. Interesting enough to hold both adult and child...more
May 08, 2013
Cheyenne Rose
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
reviewed-all-time,
reviewed-hunger-games-event
I should have read the first installment but I did not. However, I did and I was not confused at all which doesn't usually happen in a series. The plotline is fairly interesting and the characters are very fun. It's a cool twist on gender roles and I feel like it is a good novel for young girls. Plus, there is magic and dragons in here, so what's not to love?
Eh. Eadric's character is obnoxious and gluttonous and weird the way he keeps asking for kisses -- not romantic at all.
There's a nice little twist about 3/4's of the way through that really makes you like Emma better and gets you feeling like she might actually go somewhere with her magic.
Overall, not great books, but they aren't terrible either.
There's a nice little twist about 3/4's of the way through that really makes you like Emma better and gets you feeling like she might actually go somewhere with her magic.
Overall, not great books, but they aren't terrible either.
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E.D. Baker (Elizabeth Dawson Baker) made her international debut in 2002 with The Frog Princess, which was a Texas Lone Star Reading List Book, A Book Sense Children's Pick, a Florida's Sunshine State Readers List pick & a 2006 Sasquatch Book Award nominee. The Princess and the Frog, is loosely based on this novel.
Elizabeth was born in Buffalo, New York and spent most of the next eighteen yea...more
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