I just finished writing it and it is still untitled.) I wrote The Frog Princess Returns to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the publication of The Frog Princess. Books five through seven were all cross-overs between the two series. I’d actually started revisiting Greater Greensward and the Frog Princess characters in the fifth book of the Wide-Awake Princess series.

What made you decide to revisit Emma’s world? It’s been seven years since you last published a book in the Tales of the Frog Princess series. I didn’t even guess that it might have a bright future until soon after it came out when I heard that Disney wanted to option it for a movie. Not at all! It was the first book I’d ever had published and I was thrilled. When you first wrote The Frog Princess, did you have any idea it would become so popular? The very best letters I receive from fans tell me that they didn’t like to read before they discovered my books, but now they love it! I’ve received countless letters from parents telling me that this is true of their own child, which makes me very happy. Writing books was what I wanted to do more than anything, and I’m so happy that I get to do it! Why specifically for young people?Ī lot of reasons, but the most important is that I want to write books that even reluctant readers will want to read. I lose all track of time when I’m writing and I look forward to it every day. I discovered my love of writing when I was in elementary school and have been writing ever since.

Her latest middle-grade novel is The Frog Princess Returns. This is a complete transcript of her interview with Cracking the Cover. Baker is the author of numerous books for young readers, including the popular Tales of the Frog Princess series.

The frog princess series in order