Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Reviews"Luminous, magical pictures transport readers deep into the mountains and forests of Norway and into the consciousness of old believers. This is a robust and resonant natural history of trolls."--Kirkus Reviews.
SynopsisIn this spectacular follow-up to their beloved Book of Norse Myths, the husband-and-wife team of Ingri and Edgar Parin d& ' Aulaire explore the uncanny reaches of Norse mythology, an enchanted night-world populated by trolls of all kinds& - mountain trolls, forest trolls, trolls who live underwater and trolls who live under bridges, uncouth, unkempt, unbreakable, unforgettable, and invariably unbelievably ugly trolls& - who work their wiles and carry on in the most bizarre and entertaining fashions. With their matchless talent as storytellers and illustrators, the d& ' Aulaires bring to life the weird and wonderful world of Norse mythology.