A brilliant retelling of the well-loved classic The
Three Billy Goats Gruff – with a hilarious twist!
I am a troll. I live to eat.
I love the sound
of hooves and feet
and paws and claws on cobblestones.
For that’s the sound of meat and bones!
What lives under the bridge? A terrifying troll who is always
hungry!
And this troll loves to gobble up anyone who dares to cross the
bridge, but his favourite of all is billy goat: goat rump in
a honey glaze, curried goat and goat smeared on toast –
you name it, this troll LOVES it!
So, when the three Billy Goats Gruff decide to
clip clop clip clop across the bridge, the troll is already
imagining all the scrumptious ways to fill his belly.
But what if the troll is about to underestimate those seemingly
sweet goats… And bite off more than he can chew!
A story told with pitch perfect timing, pacing and hilarious
detail with Barnett's signature narrator voice, this is Billy
Goats Gruff as never before!
Award-winning illustrator, Jon Klassen, brings the story to life
with his stunning visuals
The first in an incredible new collection of fractured fairy
tales crafted by one of today's most celebrated and acclaimed author-illustrator
duos
Kids will love this hilarious fairy tale adventure packed with clever twists, familiar characters and page-turning fun.
The second book in a fabulous new magical, middle-grade series filled with adventure, wonder and wildness,
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Mac Barnett is the author of the Brixton Brother series and several picture books, including Guess Again! and Chloe and the Lion (both illustrated by Adam Rex), and The New York Times bestseller Extra Yarn. He's on the board of directors of 826LA, a non-profit writing centre. Mac lives in California.
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Jon Klassen is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books and an animator. He won both the American Caldecott Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration for his picture book This Is Not My Hat which he also wrote. He is t
