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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Trouble with Trolls is a great story for winter in the classroom. The little girl outsmarts some pesky trolls looking to steal her dog and a few other things. “Trouble with Trolls” by Jan Brett is about a little girl who climbs a mountain with her dog to go visit her cousin on the other side of the mountain. She runs into five trolls have different times who each take her dog from her. She has to outsmart them by convincing them her jacket, mittens, and other clothing are more useful than a dog. She gets the dog back every time. At the end, she runs into all of the trolls and they take her dog again. She has to outsmart them once again. She convinces them that she can fly with her skies. They push her down the mountain to watch her fly, and she gets away. Jan Brett is a bestselling children’s author and illustrator. In 2005, she was awarded the Boston Public Library’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Her books are known for having a variety of colors and detailed depictions of animals and human cultures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Bret... Treva's trouble with trolls begins when she climbs Mount Baldy with her dog Tuffi. The trolls who live there long for a dog, and they try to kidnap him. But Treva is brave and quick-thinking. She outwits one troll after another until she reaches the very top of the mountain, where five trolls are waiting--and they want her dog! This is the story of a little girl climbing a mountain to see her cousin. She takes her dog with her and runs into several trolls who try to take her dog away. She trades them for an article of her winter clothing such as a sweater, her hat, mittens and boots. Later the trolls gang up on her and try once more to take the dog. She tells them she can fly with her skiez but needs everything back to do so. The trolls push her while she holds her dog and they make a quick escape. The trolls were never seen again. This is just a fun little story to read to children just for laughs and tricks. Author website: www.janbrett.com This is the fun imaginative story about how a young girl named Treva has trouble with trolls. She tricks them in to taking her belongings in exchange for her dogs and then tricks them into giving her everything back. This story would need to be read to grades 2 to 5 for them to understand the games played throughout. The wording is easy enough for second or third grade and has a paragraph per page on most pages. http://www.janbrett.com/ This website contains lots of extras such as games, coloring pages, and activities. no reviews | add a review
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