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Seven ways to trick a troll / Lise Lunge-Larsen ; illustrations by Kari Vick.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]Description: 85 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780816699773 (hardback)
  • 0816699771 (hardback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Little Goose -- The Ashlad who stole the troll's treasures -- The hen is tripping in the mountain -- The boys who met trolls in the woods -- A narrow escape -- The troll who played hide-and-go-seek -- Tor out-skis the trolls -- How to spot a troll.
Summary: A collection of seven Norwegian folktales from various historical and international sources, all featuring trolls and showing how even small children can trick them. Includes an introduction explaining what trolls are and how they came to be.
List(s) this item appears in: Celebrating Norway and Syttende Mai
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 398.2094 L963 Available 33111008969301
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 398.2094 L963 Available 33111008831352
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Trolls! They are huge and ugly and very, very dangerous. But luckily, their brains are no bigger than a walnut, so even small children can trick them. First, though, you need to know their weaknesses--and that's where these stories come in. It is helpful to know what a little girl can do when she finds out that trolls hate loud noises. Or how two brothers might make an entire family of horrible trolls burst and turn to stone. Or what a clever little gnome boy does when he discovers that trolls are ever so easily distracted. Helpful, but also great fun, and it doesn't hurt to be reminded of all the tricks children already know when it comes to overcoming trolls--or other fearsome beings and things.

Patience, kindness, courage, and quick thinking--what works against trolls are the best things about being human. Taken from a wide range of historical and international sources, Seven Ways to Trick a Troll will delight and entertain imaginations of all ages.

A collection of seven Norwegian folktales from various historical and international sources, all featuring trolls and showing how even small children can trick them. Includes an introduction explaining what trolls are and how they came to be.

Little Goose -- The Ashlad who stole the troll's treasures -- The hen is tripping in the mountain -- The boys who met trolls in the woods -- A narrow escape -- The troll who played hide-and-go-seek -- Tor out-skis the trolls -- How to spot a troll.

Includes bibliographical references.

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