Reading order
The Tales of the Frog Princess reading order
- The Frog Princess2002
- Dragon's Breath2003
- Once Upon a Curse2004
- No Place for Magic2006
- The Dragon Princess2008
- Dragon Kiss2009
- A Prince Among Frogs2010
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- Score
- 7 volumes
- Volumes
- 2002–2010
- Published
- about 35 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Children’s books
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
7 volumes2002–2010Completed
- E. D. Baker’s comic fairy-tale series for middle-grade readers.
- Princess Emma, clumsy and with a laugh like a donkey’s bray, kisses a frog who says he is Prince Eadric, and turns into a frog herself.
- The first book was the loose basis for Disney’s The Princess and the Frog (2009).
- Emma and Eadric lead the early books, with Emma’s aunt Grassina, the Green Witch, close by; the later ones turn to the next generation.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
7 volumes, 1,795 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 16, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 119 habout 4 weeksby November 23, 2026
- 1. The Frog Princess
- 2. Dragon's Breath
- 3. Once Upon a Curse
- 4. No Place for Magic
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 214 h19 daysby December 16, 2026
- 6. The Dragon Princess
- 7. Dragon Kiss
- 8. A Prince Among Frogs
- The end of the series
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which The Tales of the Frog Princess book is the longest?
“Dragon Kiss” is the longest at 304 pages; the shortest is “The Frog Princess” with 216 pages.