This book tells a wonderful tale about magical trolls. When people begin moving near them, father troll decides it is time to move, as people and trolls cannot live together. Young troll is confused as to why and decides to stay. He travels and lives with people fine, until his secret is out; Becky knows he is a troll. She tells the whole town, though no one believes her. He soon realizes what father troll meant by trolls and people cannot live together, though his curiosity remained the same. This book is interesting to me because I think many people still have this mindset and it is a very pressing issue. For example, when someone new moves to a neighborhood that is from a different culture or race, they may feel it is tough to live together. I think with the ever changing world we live in, things will get better, though I am not sure when. This was a very fun and interesting read. Another wonderful piece of work by Juantia Havill. ( )

Kentucky Troll is story about a Troll from Sweden who comes to America to live like normal people do. It teaches the reader that it is important to work hard and be yourself. The author of the book, Juanita Havill, crafted this story to resemble a Fairytale. The story involves magic, adventure, and lessons to be learned by everyone who reads it. The first line of the story also begins with "Long ago, ...", so the tone for the story is already set with those two words. Havill also uses dialogue that is appropriate for the time period, which gives the characters realistic personalities despite the fact that it is a fictional story. Kentucky Troll was an enjoyable read, and I would likely use a story like this when teaching about Fairytales to my future classroom because of its attributes! ( )

This is a story about a Swedish troll who goes on a journey to Kentucky to live amongst people. Here he tries to live as a person. This ends up not working out so well from the troll. I think that students would like this book because it is about a magical creature and most young children like anything that has to do with magic. This would be a good book to use when talking about mythological creatures. ( )