Thursday, September 18, 2014

Froggy Dearest by Scott Gordon


Title: Froggy Dearest
Author: Scott Gordon
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Rating: WORTHY!

Delightfully illustrated by Sebastien Kaulitzki.

If ever a playful book was written for Valentine's day, this is it. The author has taken a fairy tale and then ran with it to places you probably never thought it could - or even should, go! The result is an amusing series of really attractive images and humorous captions.

Obviously the deal is that you're supposed to kiss the frog, but really, who would? What on Earth possessed a writer to have the princess kiss the frog in the first place - the first place you might even think of kissing it?

A grim and bear it fairy tale indeed, but that wasn't even in the original story. The original had the princess toss the poor frog into a wall in disgust, whereupon he transformed! Quite evidently she hadn't the froggiest idea what to do with it....

But this story is a lot more palatable - and relatable - than the original, and I enjoyed it immensely.