The Terrible Troll-Bird

by Edgar Parin d'Aulaire and Ingri d'Aulaire

Book Overview

One summer's eve Ola, Lina, Sina, and Trina leave their village to gather firewood in the forest, when they're surprised by the hideous call of the terrible troll-bird, a giant rooster who pops up out... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385034725
• ISBN13: 9780385034722
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 43 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

More magic from the D'Aulaires

Some of my greatest joy as a father has been the time spent sharing this book with my 5 year old daughter, and all the others created a half century ago by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire. As these stories are folk tales from Ingri's own Norwegian childhood, your child experiences the viewpoint of children in a world of primeval forests, blue mountains, and spectacular fjords populated by creatures natural and supernatural. These books are the loving, painstaking work of fine artists working in traditional lithographic technique (thus be prepared for the modern day disappointment of a number of black and white pages). The Terrible Troll-Bird is best enjoyed as a kind of sequel to The D'Aulaire's Book of Trolls, D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls (New York Review Children's Collection)which will provide your child (and you) with a kind of primer on Trolls, Huldermaidens, Troll cats, gnomes, etc. This story is full of the characteristic charm and beauty of everything the D'Aulaires did, with an especially delightful dose of humor. But above all, they gift us with the children who are the center of the story: brave Ola, and his sisters Lina, Trina, and Sina. They have become virtual siblings of my little girl and members of our family. If you are a parent, I need say no more. The work of the D'Aulaires is a legacy for every generation to come. In the craftsmanship, intelligence, talent and care that they brought to their work, and above all, their love, these books are an antidote to the glut of commercialism that overwhelms our kids.

read at least 1000 times

Have read this book many times to each of our three children, and now it is being read to each of our 5 grandchildren. They all seem to love it, Nils, the hulder-maidens, Blakken, and of course defeating the terrible trolls. It is the first book they request from the pile of books as we curl up on the couch together. (age 3 to age 5, by then it has been read at least 20 times).