Tiana and Naveen Take a Spin coloring page

About this coloring page

Tiana and Naveen dancing have a very old fairy tale behind them. The Frog King was the very first story in the Brothers Grimm collection, published in Germany in 1812. In it, a princess drops her golden ball into a well, and a frog offers to fetch it if she will be his friend.

The princess agrees but then tries to break her promise. The frog follows her to the castle, and the king makes his daughter keep her word. In the Grimm version, the spell does not break with a kiss. It breaks when the furious princess throws the frog against a wall, and suddenly a prince appears.

Over time, a kiss replaced that rather rough ending, which is where the idea of kissing a frog to find your prince comes from. Disney added one more twist in 2009. When Tiana kisses Prince Naveen in frog form, she turns into a frog too.

Together they travel through the Louisiana bayou looking for Mama Odie, a voodoo priestess who can lift the curse. Along the way, the carefree prince learns to work hard, Tiana learns to have fun, and the two of them fall in love.

• tiana
• naveen
• dancing
• disney princess