THE PRINCE OF THE POND,

OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DE FAWG PIN

1992 Dutton (pb 1994 Puffin)

ISBN 0-525-44976-0

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• New Jersey Reading Association's M. Jerry Weiss Book Award 1997

• one of the funniest children's books for the '90's SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

• sleeper by SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

• nominated for Kansas State Reading Circle

• 100 Best Children's Books 1992 of New York Public Library

• Outstanding Merit, Bank Street Child Study CBC

• starred review KIRKUS and BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS

• nominated Nutmeg Children’s Book Award

• Pennsylvania Young Readers’ Choice Award Program

• nominated Colorado Children's Book Award

• book of the month Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table

• 1995 Jostens Learning biology lesson based on the chapter "Tadpoles"

• performed by Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA

• available in cassette through National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

• Audiobook (ISBN 978-0525-5968)

• in German (1995 Sauerländer DER PRINZ Vom TEICH ISBN 3-7941-3833-3; pb Sansibar ISBN 3-293-21022-8)

• in Dutch (1997 Averbode DE KIKKERPRINS ISBN 90-317-1199-3)

• in Chinese (1999 East & West Book Co. Ltd. ISBN 957-0339-01-2)

• CD and cassette in Swiss German Dialect (Tudor Recording AG, Zurich DE PRINZ VOM TEICH CD: ISBN 3-03776-215-2; cassette: ISBN 3-03776-216-0)

• performed as play at Media Theater, Media, PA, in October, 2004

• a read aloud plan is found in CHILDREN'S BOOK CORNER: A READ-ALOUD RESOURCE WITH TIPS, TECHNIQUES, AND PLANS FOR TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, AND PARENTS, Grades 5-6