Trouble with Trolls

When Treva decides to visit her cousin on the other side of Mount Baldy, her trip over the mountain leads her directly into some trouble with the local trolls, who have been wanting a dog just like her beloved Tuffi. As one after another of them seize her canine companion, only to be tricked into giving him up for another of Treva's possessions, the young girl slowly makes her way to the mountaintop. Once there however, she discovers that she must confront all of the trolls at once. Does she have the cunning to outwit them one last time...?

The first of two picture-books featuring Treva and he adventures with the trolls - the second in Christmas Trolls - Trouble with Trolls pairs an entertaining tale about a clever little girl who beats show more the odds and saves her dog, with beautifully detailed illustrations. As always with Jan Brett, I appreciated her animals a little more than her human figures, and found her detailed side (or lower) panels - here depicting the underground troll cavern, where a curious hedgehog is exploring - a decided bonus. I always appreciate the fact that there is more afoot, in the artwork of a Jan Brett title, than can be gleaned from text alone, and that the additional narratives found in the artwork always work so well in tandem with the main one put forward by the text. All in all, this was a sweet little wintry confection of a picture-book - more than enough to convince me to seek out the subsequent title about these characters. show less

Another adorable story from Jan Brett. I had no idea that trolls were so into dogs, but the five of them in this story will stop at nothing to get Tuffi! They're not very good at holding onto her though, since they are easily distracted by clothing items... Poor stupid trolls!

This is a book that made me smile. On her trek over the mountain to visit her cousin, young Treva had trouble with trolls. The nasty critters have dreamed of owning a dog. When they spied Treva and her dog, they just had to have her animal.

Devising sneaky ways to grab Tuffi, increasingly Treva is successful in getting back her dog. When this game persists, cleaver Treva intelligently develops a plan to fool these snarky, snaggly trolls.

In this cozy winter story a little girls sets out to ski out and over the nearby mountain with her dog. Skiing through the alpine ice and snow would prove challenging, but along the way she encounters some troublesome trolls as the title suggests. The trolls attempt to take her dog and she uses cunning and wit to bargain with them. The snow and ice is visually exciting for some children and too foreign for others who have never seen ice and snow, but underneath the snowbanks is the hidden burrow and home of the mountain trolls. Children seem to delight in trickster tales and they'll cheer when the young protagonist overcomes the trolls. More starts because of the beautifully detailed illustrations and thoughtful text.

Treva is climbing up the mountain and having quite a bit of trouble with trolls who keep trying to steal her dog! She trades her gear with them to get her dog back again and again, and when she gets to the top of the mountain she's out of gear and they have her dog again. She convinces them she can fly with her skis and will show them, if only she's geared up again.

Treva travels up a mountain to visit a cousin and the trolls try to take her dog. She manages to outwit the trolls. The main theme of the book is that you can easily be creative with what you have. I like this book, as it is a creative fun approach outwitting "evil".

I liked this book because of the illustrations. The trolls are very detailed and almost like humans. I also feel like I can almost touch and feel the fur of Treva's dog. I could also feel the itchiness of the sweater too.

I also like Treva. She is very creative under peer pressure and still manages to keep her cool and get what she wants. She is a strong female character as well, something not as common in Jan Brett's books.

This book is one of the rare stories Brett wrote about a human character. This is a trickster tale where the main character Treva tricks trolls that live on the mountain she is crossing to meet her friend. The illustrations are beautiful as always. In this book, the border illustrations are a little different than in other books. I like that the illustrations show what it looks like under the mountain in the troll’s lair, but there are not really any plot continuations in the borders. I like that this story included more fantasy elements with the trolls. This story is a little different than other ones Brett has written, but there is still a little bit of comedy and a message at the end.