D'Aulaires' Trolls

This book gives an entertaining look into Norse mythology and the enchanting world of Trolls. The reader learns all about the different kinds of trolls and the human like Hudlers that live in the dark recesses of the earth, gathering their treasures and causing mischief. We learn about the dangers

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of being tricked by a beautiful hudler woman and how marriage and the sanctity of the church will return the hudlers lost soul. Look out for the trolls or they might take your baby. But if they do this book will tell you exactly how to get it back. Along with many other funny facts about trolls this book gives one an great insight into the Norse culture of trolls.

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This book describes in great detail the trolls that live in the mountains of Norway. They only come out at night, have tones of gold, and are tuely a terrifying sight to behold. The details are extensive, and I bet all readers of this book will forever shudder anytime they hear thunder in the

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mountains.

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I really enjoyed this book. The text was a little slow for me, but would probably be great for a k-2nd kid. The hand drawn look of the art is fantastic, and the fact that they were prints makes it more interesting. I could see this being a lesson started for drawing monsters and letting kids come

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up with their own monster.

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This book is a wonderful look into the life of Troll Mythology! There are many to tell about such as mountain trolls, forest trolls, and underwater trolls! They are all told about in a lively weird and interesting story line, the pictures are beautiful and well drawn!

Probably the most important lesson comes from the idea of the splinter eye that the troll’s see through. We find out in one story that the eyes of trolls have splinters in them. These splinters cause trolls to see things as more beautiful and good than what is reality. This leads readers to

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understand why some people may see things differently or ‘askew’ as the author puts it at the end of the book. The author states that maybe these splinters are why some people think “what is bad looks good to them and what is wrong looks right.” This leaves readers with the understanding that sometimes people don’t always see things in reality and sometimes evil can be skewed to look good.The authors do a perfect job of mastering this oral storytelling by combining the myths of trolls and allowing the reader to read each myth smoothly without interruption. I think this book would be more challenging for elementary school readers but because of the oral traditions of myths, this is a perfect book for teachers to read aloud to their students. I could see spending time on each story and allowing the children to illustrate their own trolls.

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This book is highly entertaining. The illustrations contribute to these comical stories of the trolls that live in the mountains of Norway. These stories would entertain a wide range of students, as they are entertaining to adults, as well. The book ends with a suggested explanation of why people

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have different perspectives. What a creative way to explain this truth! This would be a greatly inspiring way to have students write their own creation stories.

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This is actually a follow-up book to Book of Norse Myths, but is still great on its own. It explores a world that is populated by trolls of various sorts. There are mountain trolls and forest trolls, trolls that live underwater and under bridges, trolls with extra heads, and trolls that were

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extremely ugly. This book follows the lives and explains this wonderful, bizarre world, and the trolls that inhabit it.

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Personally, I loved this book. It is quirky and weird. The illustrations are interesting to look at, although I am not sure why, probably due to their quirkiness. Might be useful as a way to introduce students to folklore, although I am not sure how very young students would respond to it.

Unlike the more traditional take in D'Aulaires' Greek myths, the Book of Trolls manages to be more playful in both its storytelling and its illustrations. The collected stories revolve less around valiant heroes and more around clever villagers who are capable of tricking the dim-witted trolls to

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do their bidding. Overall the tone is far more lighthearted and the trolls are written as more sympathetic characters than the vicious monsters and vengeful Gods of Greek myths.

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