The co-author (with A. Wolf) of The Tree Story of the Three Little
Pigs (1989) assays another humorous embroidery of a traditional
tale with somewhat less notable success. The picture of the
erstwhile frog and his princess bickering ("Stop sticking your
tongue out like that"; "How come you never want to go down to the
pond anymore?") is genuinely funny, and the prince's quest for a
witch to turn him back into a frog - during which he runs into
witches from several other tales - is amusing. But the conclusion -
glad to get back to his princess, he kisses her and they both
become happy frogs - seems limp and unmotivated. Meanwhile,
Johnson's paintings, though he adopts some of Lane Smith's fey
menace and induces tension by canting his perspectives, lack
Smith's wit, imagination, and masterful sense of design. Still, the
situation and dialogue are irreverently comical and Johnson's
caricatures are adroitly satirical. It's an entertaining effort -
just not up to that superlative first book. (Kirkus Reviews)
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