On a cold, snowy night, a Swedish troll walks around a farm comforting the animals with the promise that spring will come.

A boy from Finnmark and his ice bear help scare away some hungry trolls so that Kyri and her father can enjoy their Christmas Eve meal.

Explores the characters of fantasy & folklore and places them in historical context. This series explores the characters who populate the world of fantasy and folklore. Elves, dragons, fairies, and other figures are placed in historical context for lovers of fantasy. Exploring these persistent characters throughout literature also serves as an excellent introduction for readers who are just discovering this favorite genre.

In this retelling of the classic fable, how is Mr. Troll supposed to sleep when the three Billy Goats Fluff travel noisily over his bridge every day? The goats go to a field that makes their fleece extra fluffy for Mother Goat's knitting business. One day Mr. Troll loses his temper and threatens to eat the Fluffs. How will Mother Goat solve the problem and make a friend of Mr. Troll?

"A young troll named Hawthorn is stolen from Fairyland by the Golden Wind, and becomes a changeling in our world, a place no less bizarre than Fairyland in his eyes"-- Provided by publisher.

Thirteen-year-old Twig, having always looked and felt different from his woodtroll family, learns that he is adopted and travels out of his Deepwoods home to find the place where he belongs.

Along a magic-saturated stretch of the Mississippi River near Blue Wing, Minnesota, twelve-year-old Claire and her bullying cousin Duke are drawn into an adventure involving Bodacious Deepthink the Great Rock Troll, a helpful fairy, and a group of trolls searching for their fathers.

When the Trolls move next door to the Priddles, both families find the other strange, which causes many misunderstandings.

"Onna Gebowa is determined to become a great wizard. She can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. But despite her incredible abilities, she's denied a place at the nation's premier arcane academy. Undaunted, she sails to the bustling city-state of Hexos, hoping to find a place at a university where they don't think there's anything untoward about providing a woman with a magical education. Tsira is...

One winter in the Far North the sun disappears and Lucia, accompanied by her milk-white cat, braves the freezing cold and trolls who want to eat her, trying to find the sun and bring it back.