Download or read book The Boy Who Tricked Trolls written by Lorraine Hellier and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of The Boy Who Tricked Trolls is Alex, a teenage boy coping with his mother’s disability and his stressed, workaholic father. After school each day, he meets his father at his workplace – a storage facility warehouse. It is here that Alex’s adventures begin...Alex is invited by an elderly gentleman, Phineas, to visit the fantasy world of Serendipity. Access to this world, in a different dimension, is through a Grandfather Clock stored in the warehouse. When Phineas introduces him to the islanders living on Serendipity, Alex becomes involved with the fascinating characters and their lives in this other world. He volunteers to help rescue a young child, Amy, who has fallen down a hole into tunnels beneath the island. The trolls, living in the caves, capture Alex and Indi, Amy’s brother. But they are quickly outwitted by Alex, and Amy is rescued.The Boy Who Tricked Trolls is the fourth in Lorraine Hellier’s Serendipity series but can be read as a standalone novel. It has been inspired by living on Guernsey, where Lorraine visited clock makers, and is reminiscent of C. S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. This tale of fantasy fiction will appeal to children aged 7-11 years old.
Download or read book Troll s Eye View written by Ellen Datlow and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-16 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone thinks they know the real story behind the villains in fairy tales—but the villains themselves beg to differ. In Troll's-Eye View, you'll hear from the Giant's wife ("Jack and the Beanstalk"), Rumpelstiltskin, the oldest of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, and many more. A stellar lineup of authors, including Garth Nix, Jane Yolen, and Nancy Farmer, makes sure that these old stories do new tricks!
Download or read book The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers And Other Gruesome Tales written by Jen Campbell and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jen Campbell's collection of terrifyingly gruesome tales lends a modern edge to fairy tale collections for young readers. Drawing on her extensive knowledge of fairy tale history, Campbell's stories undo the censoring, gender stereotyping and twee endings of more modern children's fairy tales, to return both classic and little-known stories to their grim versions, whilst celebrating a diverse range of characters. Featuring 14 short stories from around the globe, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers is illustrated in a contemporary style by Canadian comic artist Adam de Souza. De Souza's brooding illustrations are a highly original blend of 19th-century Gothic engravings and moody film noir graphic novels. Beautifully produced in a hardback format with a rose gold ribbon marker, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers is a truly thrilling gift.
Download or read book The Elf Quest written by Lorraine Hellier and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lorraine Hellier returns with The Elf Quest, the sequel to The Elf King (Matador, 2017). Sweet Pea embarks on a quest, to find the Wilderness Elf clan and trade their own Moon Lake silver for the moonstones that her brother, Bay Leaf, must present to Clementine at their wedding ceremony. Sweet Pea is also tasked with finding out what happened to the human baby exchanged for Clementine, the elf changeling, whom the human couple raised as their own child. Sweet Pea’s journey takes her though the woods where she meets the Wood Elf clan. These ecological elves welcome her at their camp, but cannot help with her quest. As Sweet Pea continues her journey, she is offered support and encouragement from her ancestors through an enchanted book. Sweet Pea’s search leads her to a clan of Wilderness Elves, whose chief is a brutal and cruel Elf King. Will she succeed in her quest to find the moonstones? And what other surprises are in store as she discovers what happened to the baby exchanged for an elf?
Download or read book The Elf Bride written by Lorraine Hellier and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this third book of my Elf Trilogy we meet the three, very different, Elf Clans again: The Affluent Moon Lake Elves, the Ecological Wood Elves and the Wilderness Elves with their brutal chief, Thorn. There are friendships and conflicts between clans. Sweet Pea confides in her mother and also bravely faces her nemesis, Thorn, Chief of the Wilderness Elf Clan. This novel begins with the Wood Elves reaching out to the Moon Lake Elves for help. Then the Moon Lake family start the preparations for Bay Leaf and Clementine’s wedding begins. Sweet Pea also has to face her nemesis, Thorn, who discovers Elf history which he refuses to accept. The Moon Lake Elves celebrate the wedding of their Elf King.
Download or read book The Curse of the Maze written by Lorraine Hellier and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serendipity Island is in another dimension, accessed through a Grandfather Clock. It has been cursed by Morinder, a descendent of an evil sorcerer. She wants revenge on Phineas and the inhabitants of Serendipity. ‘I know that your most prized possessions are not gold and precious gems but your children. I’ll take them all, unless you can find any other children brave enough to save yours.’ It’s up to Matthew, Alex, Zoe and Ellen – who form the Amazateers – to save the islander’s children. They face the cursed maze and a beast that the islanders and animals call the Guardian. ‘A huge hedge has grown around the island and the sun can’t shine through. The problem is, it’s spread into the island and now it forms a maze and we can’t find the way to the centre.’ Each of the Amazateers has a part to play in breaking the curse. Will they complete their mission and save the children of Serendipity Island? The Curse of the Maze is the fifth book in Lorraine Hellier’s Serendipity series but can be read as a standalone novel. It will appeal to 7-11 year old children who enjoy fantasy fiction, and fans of Enid Blyton, C. S. Lewis and Michael Morpugo.
Download or read book The Troll written by Julia Donaldson and published by Macmillan Children's Books. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Troll longs for a juicy goat to eat - but he's stuck with boring old fish for supper. Bother! Meanwhile, Hank Chief and his pirate crew love fish, but without a decent recipe their slimy, soggy dinner is even worse. If only they could find their buried treasure and pay for a ship's cook . . . but it seems they've sailed to the wrong island. Again.Watch the fun unfold as two very different worlds collide in The Troll, a gloriously comic story from Julia Donaldson and David Roberts, the creators of the highly acclaimed Tyrannosaurus Drip.Enjoy the other stories by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts: Tyrannosaurus Drip, Jack and the Flumflum Tree, The Flying Bath and The Cook and the King.
Download or read book The Elf King written by Lorraine L. Hellier and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sweet Pea couldn’t believe what he was saying! “But you know it’s your destiny.” Lorraine Hellier’s children’s book The Elf King follows the story of a family of elves. Bay Leaf is the new Elf King. In this fantasy tale his sister, Sweet Pea, demonstrates her love and devotion for her brother. In the story, the elves go on a perilous journey to the Mountain Shrine where Bay Leaf must take his ‘Oath of Allegiance’ to the ‘Moon Lake Elves’. An enchanted book offers advice and guidance from their ancestors and warns Sweet Pea to take care of her brother several times during the journey. Bay Leaf almost loses his life... Sweet Pea supports Bay Leaf throughout the journey, but will her interference bring resolution to Bay Leaf's heartache on their return? This traditional tale of love and loyalty will appeal to children aged between 7-9 that enjoy fantasy tales. Lorraine uses The Elf King to raise issues surrounding family loyality and the importance of supporting each other in difficult times.
Download or read book The Toll Bridge Troll written by Patricia Rae Wolff and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fierce troll challenges a smart little boy in this book filled with funny riddles and rebus-like drawings. "The swift, puckish story and its plucky hero will appeal tremendously, especially to the many children inspired to play toll-bridge by The Three Billy Goats Gruff."--Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Wicked Tales written by Ed Wicke and published by BlacknBlue Press UK. This book was released on 2006 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine lively and hilarious short stories for ages 8-80. Modern fairy tales with a wicked sense of humour: Alicroc the Alien in charge of a class of four year olds; the Littlest Thundertroll's trip down to "human-land" to get a box of chocolates for the Thundertroll Fairy; a small Gorilla who outwits his hungry neighbours; the bears' backward version of Goldilocks; a Boy who runs away and is captured by Trolls; what happened between the greedy Princess, the Frog and the golden ball; an Irish Fairy and a dancing Horse have a run-in with a Witch; why Pink Pigs should never talk to Wolves; and Snow White meets the Seven Easter Bunnies, who are armed and dangerous...
Download or read book In the Name of the Child written by Janet R. Johnston, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Johnston, Roseby, and Kuehnle take you behind the child's eyes, into their heads...[they] flesh out the familial context, and bring it all back into the larger social world....When you are done reading, you know who these families are, what the children need, and -- as a clinician -- how you can help them." --Marsha Kline Pruett, PhD, MSL Maconda Brown O'Connor Professor Smith College School for Social Work "This book addresses problems that arise for children of conflicted and violent divorceÖ.It provides a good base for beginning to treat children in this situation as well as good information for understanding the legal and community services available." --Doody's The fully updated and revised edition of In the Name of the Child examines both the immediate and long-term effects of high-conflict divorce on children. By combining three decades of research with clinical experience, the authors trace the developmental problems affecting very young children through adolescence and adulthood, paying special attention to the impact of family violence and the dynamics of parental alienation. The authors present clinical interventions that have proven to be most effective in their own clinical work with families. With a new emphasis on the need for prevention and early intervention, this edition examines how defensive strategies and symptoms of distress in children can consolidate into immutable, long-standing psychopathology in their adult lives. This book contains the policies and procedures that can preempt these high-conflict outcomes in divorcing families. Key Features: Contains a new chapter examining the effects of violent divorce on a sample of young adults, tracking their developmental changes from adolescence through adulthood Discusses the developmental threats to both boys and girls of different ages and stages, along with therapeutic interventions and guidelines for parenting plans Proposes principles and criteria for decision-making about custody, visitation, and parenting plans based on individual assessment of the developing child within his or her family Mental health professionals, educators, family lawyers, judges, and court administrators will find this book to be an essential read, with all the knowledge and insight needed to understand the short- and long-term effects of violent divorce on children.
Download or read book Tyrannosaurus Drip written by Julia Donaldson and published by Macmillan Children's Books. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whoever heard of a vegetarian T. rex? Meet Drip, the little dinosaur who hatched in the wrong nest in this fantastically funny rhyming story from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts - now reissued with a brand-new cover look.Everyone knows that tyrannosauruses are big and scary, so when a placid duckbill dinosaur's egg ends up in the wrong nest, confusion is sure to ensue! When the baby dinosaur hatches out, he's so out of place that his grisly big sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip. Poor little Drip: all he wants is a quiet life munching on water weed.Perfect for dinosaur fans, Tyrannosaurus Drip is a fantastic rhyming adventure from Julia Donaldson, bestselling author of The Gruffalo, with wonderfully funny illustrations from the award-winning illustrator of Rosie Revere, Engineer, David Roberts. This roar-tastic book all about celebrating difference is sure to become a firm favourite with readers young and old!
Download or read book Trolls written by John Lindow and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trolls lurk under bridges waiting to eat children, threaten hobbits in Middle-Earth, and invade the dungeons of Hogwarts. Often they are depicted as stupid, slow, and ugly creatures, but they also appear as comforting characters in some children’s stories or as plastic dolls with bright, fuzzy hair. Today, the name of this fantastic being from Scandinavia has found a wider reach: it is the word for the homeless in California and slang for the antagonizing and sometimes cruel people on the Internet. But how did trolls go from folktales to the World Wide Web? To explain why trolls still hold our interest, John Lindow goes back to their first appearances in Scandinavian folklore, where they were beings in nature living beside a preindustrial society of small-scale farming and fishing. He explores reports of actual encounters with trolls—meetings others found plausible in spite of their better judgment—and follows trolls’ natural transition from folktales to other domains in popular culture. Trolls, Lindow argues, would not continue to appeal to our imaginations today if they had not made the jump to illustrations in Nordic books and Scandinavian literature and drama. From the Moomins to Brothers Grimm and Three Billy Goats Gruff to cartoons, fantasy novels, and social media, Lindow considers the panoply of trolls that surround us and their sometimes troubling connotations in the contemporary world. Taking readers into Norwegian music and film and even Yahoo Finance chat rooms, Trolls is a fun and fascinating book about these strange creatures.
Download or read book The Troll Garden written by Willa Cather and published by Signet Classics. This book was released on 1905 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Willa Cather stories& ... her first book of fiction and the capstone of her early career& ... is as relevant today as at the time of its initial publication. As different and individually distinguished as the seven stories may be, they share as their subject the role and status of the artist in American society. The passions, ambitions, and pretensions, the cant and the pathos of the art world, artists, pseudo-artists, aficionados, and dilettantes& ... all are amply represented here in the midst of their foibles, grand affairs, and failures, drawn with great style and subtlety by a writer gathering her formidable powers. With the psychological precision of her early master Henry James and the practical wisdom and wit of her contemporary Edith Wharton, Cather shows us innocents seduced, sophisticates undone, marriages sundered, idealism compromised, and the rare soul uplifted by art.
Download or read book The Troll Garden written by Willa Cather and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories by Willa Cather that discuss the conflict between East and West and the artistic temperament in America.
Download or read book Vera written by M. R. LeClere and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darrius sat underneath a large oak tree, enjoying the cool evening air. This evening, however, he could feel his age upon him. The robes he now wore covered the many scars he had received in his youth as a young adventurer. The gray hair that hung from his head had taken the place of the dark black that it once was. He had replaced his sword with a walking stick and hung up his armor for common clothes. Draped at his side, he still wore a short sword, mostly for comfort than defense, for his hands, which once could be deadly with a blade, had lost their strength and hurt so when he gripped the hilt. Out in the field of wildflowers, he watched a young elf run and frolic among the setting sun. Vera was her name, and she had been in his care for the last thirty years. She was a babe wrapped in a blanket when he found her lying under a knotted root of a tree less than one hundred yards of a battlefield he was leaving. Thirty years, the time had flown by in his eyes, and now he was but a shade of his former self. She ran to him with a smile across her face. Father, Father, look what I have found. I believe it is hurt. Vera had her hands clasped together as she ran to kneel down beside her father. Darrius could never keep a smile off his face when she came to him with some injured creature she was planning to nurse back to health. What is it you have this time, my dear? Darrius said, opening her hands to reveal a blue-tailed lizard, Look, Father, it has lost its tail. Darrius gave a low chuckle and looked into Veras deep blue eyes. My dear, that lizard isnt hurt at all. You see, if something is threatening it, say, a bird or a snake, and it grabs on to its tail, the lizard will disconnect the tail in order to escape. Vera looked long at the little critter sitting in her palms. I have no intention of making a meal out of you, little lizard. Run now back to your home. She set the lizard down, and it quickly scurried off. Brushing her hands, she sat down next to her father to watch the sun set. Father, tell me a story of when you were adventuring out in the world and the things you saw while you were there. Darrius put his arms around her and gave a deep sigh. My dear, I dare say you have heard all of my stories and tales. Why are you so interested in those old tales anyhow? They are ancient history. Although Darrius fully enjoyed telling stories to his daughter, he always put up a hard front just to keep an image up, perhaps. Come, my dear, help this old man to his feet. Its nearly dark, and we need to return home. Vera gave a disappointed sigh and unwillingly obeyed. When they had made it back home, the sun was just barely peeking over the hills. In the distance, an owl started calling out into the night, and the crickets had begun their song. Vera, my dear, will you go around back and gather wood for the fire, please. Vera helped her father into the house and gave a wholehearted nod as she made her way to the woodpile. Inside, Darrius removed his robe and hung it on a rack next to the door. He then unbelted his sword and placed it next to the fireplace. Slowly he eased into a rocking chair in front of the hearth and stirred the coals. A few minutes later, Vera entered the house with an armful of wood and set it next to the fireplace. After building the fire up to a respectful glow, she took her seat next to her father. Father, I think we are going to have to get more wood if we are to make it through the winter. Darrius could hear in her voice that it was not what she wanted to say. Well, my dear, we are taking the wagon into the village to do that very thing in the morning, you know. What is really on your mind? Vera shifted in her seat to get comfortable. Father, I have sat here many nights listening to you recount the tales of your youth and the adventures and sights you have experienced, and I so long to leave this place to set out on my own to have those same experiences. Though in my hea
Download or read book The Publishers Trade List Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
