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ED Baker Books in Order

Explore E.D. Baker books in order, with quick summaries, series background, and easy suggestions for where to start with her magical fairy-tale novels.

Last updated: July 6, 2026

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The Frog Princess

by ED Baker

2002

Princess Emma kisses a frog to break his spell and winds up turning into one herself. To become human again, she and the very annoyed frog prince have to survive a funny, perilous journey through swamp and castle.

Dragon's Breath

by ED Baker

2003

Emma and Eadric barely have time to enjoy being human again before a new quest begins. To help Aunt Grassina restore her true love, they must hunt down rare magical objects and face dragons, danger, and more bad luck.

Once Upon A Curse

by ED Baker

2004

A family curse threatens Emma's future, and the only real fix may lie in the past. To save Eadric and break the spell for good, she must travel back to the day the curse first began.

No Place for Magic

by ED Baker

2006

Emma travels with Eadric to meet his family, where magic is feared and every misstep matters. When his younger brother is kidnapped, they set off on a rescue that tests Emma's courage and restraint.

The Salamander Spell

by ED Baker

2007

This prequel follows young Grassina, who has always lived in her perfect sister's shadow. When a terrible spell puts Greater Greensward in danger, Grassina discovers powers and courage she never expected to have.

The Dragon Princess

by ED Baker

2008

Millie is a princess with an awkward problem: when she gets angry, she turns into a dragon. Desperate for a cure, she sets off with an unlikely group of friends toward the Frozen North and the Blue Witch.

Wings aka Fairy Wings

by ED Baker

2008

Tamisin has always seemed a little unusual, but growing real wings changes everything. As she learns she is half fairy and tied to a royal magical world, she has to decide where, and with whom, she belongs.

Dragon Kiss

by ED Baker

2009

Audun wants to win Princess Millie's heart, but first the Dragon King gives him a string of dangerous tasks. His quest leads him through fresh magical trouble with sea witches, warlocks, and dragons.

A Prince among Frogs

by ED Baker

2010

Millie and Audun are trying to make it to their wedding, but trouble in Greater Greensward has other plans. One more royal crisis pulls them into a funny, magical scramble where family comes first.

The Wide-Awake Princess

by ED Baker

2010

Princess Annie is immune to magic, which is lucky when her sister pricks her finger and the whole castle falls asleep. Annie must cross a fairy-tale landscape to find the right prince and break the spell.

Fairy Lies

by ED Baker

2012

Kidnapped from the human world and taken back to fairyland, Tamisin is told Oberon may be her father. With her memories and loyalties under attack, she and Jak race to stop a new fairy war.

Unlocking the Spell aka The Princess's Promise

by ED Baker

2012

After helping wake Sleeping Beauty, Annie finds that one problem is still hanging around: the prince is stuck as a bear. To fix it, she and Liam set out to track down the dwarf who cast the spell.

A Question of Magic

by ED Baker

2013

Serafina is pulled into a strange old-world tangle of magic where wit matters as much as spells. To survive and shape her own future, she has to read the rules quickly and trust her own judgment.

The Perfect Princess

by ED Baker

2013

Millie and Audun should be moving toward their wedding, but a kidnapped baby prince throws the kingdom into fresh chaos. Between family trouble and magical mishaps, happily ever after looks anything but simple.

The Bravest Princess

by ED Baker

2014

Snow White's kingdom is in turmoil, and a hurried marriage looks like the easiest answer. Annie and Liam head out to help, only to find danger, missing people, and trouble that keeps circling back to Annie herself.

The Fairy-Tale Matchmaker

by ED Baker

2014

Cory is a tooth fairy in training who wants anything but that future. When odd jobs and fairy-tale mishaps reveal a hidden gift for matchmaking, she starts to discover what she is really meant to do.

Princess in Disguise

by ED Baker

2015

Annie and Liam's wedding day unravels fast when guests are cursed, the grounds flood, and an unknown king lays siege to Treecrest. To save the day, they must slip past a magical fog and find out who is behind the chaos.

The Perfect Match

by ED Baker

2015

Cory's newest assignment is finding the right match for Goldilocks, which would be hard enough on its own. It gets worse when the boy she seems meant for is already promised to someone else.

Princess Between Worlds

by ED Baker

2016

On what should be a happier trip, Annie and Liam are pulled into trouble that stretches beyond their own realm. Far from Treecrest, Annie has to outthink unfamiliar magic and figure out who can be trusted.

Maggie and the Flying Horse

by ED Baker

2017

Eight-year-old Maggie discovers an injured flying horse in the Enchanted Forest and sets out to save it. To reach Bob, the stableman who helps magical creatures, she must brave trolls, goblins, and the woods on her own.

Maggie and the Flying Pigs

by ED Baker

2017

Bob puts Maggie in charge of flying pigs, and the job is every bit as chaotic as it sounds. Things get even harder when her stepbrother may wind up working beside her at the stable.

Maggie and the Unicorn

by ED Baker

2017

Maggie spots a unicorn in trouble and dives into another rescue through the Enchanted Forest. Helping magical creatures is never simple, especially when danger and family worries keep following her home.

Maggie and the Wish Fish

by ED Baker

2017

When Maggie catches a magical fish that promises her a wish in exchange for freedom, the offer is hard to resist. Deciding what to ask for forces her to think carefully about her stepfamily and what she really wants.

The Frog Princess Returns

by ED Baker

2017

Set between earlier adventures, this return to Greater Greensward sends Emma and Eadric into another muddy, magical quest. Old friends reappear, trouble rises quickly, and the kingdom once again needs clever thinking more than perfect manners.

The Princess and the Pearl

by ED Baker

2017

A quest for a rare pearl sends Annie far from home with new companions and another tricky problem to solve. It is a wide-ranging adventure full of odd magic, shifting loyalties, and Annie's stubborn good sense.

The Truest Heart

by ED Baker

2017

Cory's matchmaking talents pull her into another knotted fairy-tale romance, where appearances can fool almost everyone involved. To help the right people find each other, she has to look past charm and see what is truly in someone's heart.

More than a Princess

by ED Baker

2018

Half fairy and half pedrasi, Princess Aislin is captured when humans breach the hidden passage to her kingdom. Trapped in a human castle and caught in a war plot, she has to rely on courage, kindness, and her growing magic.

Princess Before Dawn

by ED Baker

2018

Treecrest becomes a destination for strange magical visitors, and some of them have no intention of leaving. Annie and Liam turn to old friends for help before their home is overrun by dangerous new hunters.

The Magical Match

by ED Baker

2018

Cory's gift for matchmaking lands her in another messy fairy-tale romance, where magic and true love refuse to follow a tidy plan. To set things right, she will need patience, nerve, and a sharper eye for hearts than ever before.

Power of a Princess

by ED Baker

2019

Aislin learns that the humans around her kingdom know far more about magic than she expected. As old enemies stir and the balance shifts, she gathers an unlikely band of girls to protect both worlds.

Where should I start?

If you want her best-known fairy-tale retelling: The Frog PrincessDragon's BreathOnce Upon A Curse
If you like Sleeping Beauty twists: The Wide-Awake PrincessUnlocking the SpellThe Bravest Princess
If you want fairy matchmaking and nursery-rhyme fun: The Fairy-Tale MatchmakerThe Perfect MatchThe Truest Heart
If you want younger chapter books: Maggie and the Flying HorseMaggie and the Wish FishMaggie and the Unicorn
If you want a newer hidden-kingdom fantasy: More Than a PrincessPower of a Princess

Author bio

E.D. Baker was born in Buffalo, New York, and spent most of her childhood in the Town of Tonawanda. She has said she knew in junior high that she wanted to be a writer, which makes her career feel less like a sudden leap and more like a long road she kept coming back to.

It just took a while to become real.

She married while in college and later graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, with a degree in psychology. A few years after graduation, she and her husband had children, and when her son was four the family moved to Maryland. During those years she worked part time in her husband's business and took writing classes at a local community college, fitting that work around family life.

Those classes mattered. So did the rejection letters.

Baker's first serious writing efforts were science fiction stories for younger readers. They did not sell, and by her own account she collected enough rejections to wallpaper a powder room. Instead of quitting, she kept learning. After her divorce, she returned to school, entered the School Immersion Masters in the Art of Teaching program at Johns Hopkins University, and then taught fifth grade for a time. She has said that teaching helped bring her back to the way kids that age think, which makes sense when you read how naturally her books move.

Later, when her parents' health began to decline, she moved north with her daughters to be closer to them. That stretch of life seems to have sharpened her sense of what mattered. She decided it was time to believe in herself and give writing her full attention.

Then The Frog Princess arrived in 2002.

That book, a funny and clever riff on the Frog Prince story, introduced many of the things readers still come to Baker for: a princess who does not wait around to be rescued, magic that can go sideways, and a fantasy world that is full of talking animals, odd creatures, and practical problem-solving. The book found a wide audience and later helped inspire Disney's 2009 film The Princess and the Frog. Baker kept going, building out Tales of the Frog Princess into a larger family saga instead of leaving it as a one-off retelling.

She has since written across several connected corners of fairy-tale fantasy. Readers who start with The Wide-Awake Princess meet a Sleeping Beauty twist powered by Annie, a heroine who is immune to magic. The Fairy-Tale Matchmaker follows a fairy who discovers she is better at pairing people than collecting teeth. More Than a Princess brings in a hidden kingdom and a heroine with mixed magical heritage, while Fairy Wings leans harder into identity, romance, and fairy politics. Even her younger Magic Animal Rescue books keep the same Baker pattern: brave girls, lively creatures, and problems that are solved with grit more than glamour.

A lot of her work circles the same themes in a very readable way. Girls save themselves. Magic has consequences. Families can be messy, loving, frustrating, and worth fighting for. Her books are funny, but never in a wink-at-the-reader way that pushes the story aside.

These days Baker lives on a small farm in Maryland with her family and a crowded collection of animals that has included dogs, cats, horses, a mini donkey, chickens, and goats. It feels like the right setting for someone whose stories are so full of creatures and commotion. She has also worked with her daughter Kitt behind the scenes on projects and research, which fits the family-minded spirit of the books themselves.

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