The Terrible Troll-Bird by Ingri D'Aulaire Edgar D'A (English) Paperback Book

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One summer's eve Ola, Lina, Sina, and Trina leave their village to gather firewood, when a giant rooster, the terrible troll-bird, pops up out of the treetops and devours their beloved horse Blakken. Little does the terrible troll-bird know that he has finally met his match.

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One summer's eve Ola, Lina, Sina, and Trina leave their village to gather firewood in the forest, when they're surprised by the hideous call of the terrible troll-bird, a giant rooster who pops up out of the treetops and swoops down to devour their beloved horse Blakken. Little does the terrible troll-bird know that in Ola, Lina, Sina, and Trina he has finally met his match: his terrible days of terrorizing are over. Before long the whole village is celebrating the monster's demise, and even the gnomes and hulder-maidens are coming out of their hiding places in the woods to participate in a great feast. All celebration is cut short, though, with the startling appearance of two monstrous moss-grown trolls even more terrible than the terrible troll-bird himself. Luckily, the children rise to the occasion once more, saving the day before they set out on a splendid new adventure. Filled with vibrant illustrations and telling a story of childhood ingenuity and bravery, The Terrible Troll-Bird is a delightful companion to Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's more comprehensive books of Norwegian folklore, D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths and D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls.

Author Biography

Ingri Mortenson and Edgar d'Aulaire met at art school in Munich in 1921. Edgar's father was a noted Italian portrait painter, his mother a Parisian. Ingri, the youngest of five children, traced her lineage back to the Viking kings. The couple married in Norway, then moved to Paris. As Bohemian artists, they often talked about emigrating to America. "The enormous continent with all its possibilities and grandeur caught our imagination," Edgar later recalled. A small payment from a bus accident provided the means. Edgar sailed alone to New York where he earned enough by illustrating books to buy passage for his wife. Once there, Ingri painted portraits and hosted modest dinner parties. The head librarian of the New York Public Library's juvenile department attended one of those. Why, she asked, didn't they create picture books for children? The d'Aulaires published their first children's book in 1931. Next came three books steeped in the Scandinavian folklore of Ingri's childhood. Then the couple turned their talents to the history of their new country. The result was a series of beautifully illustrated books about American heroes, one of which, Abraham Lincoln, won the d'Aulaires the American Library Association's Caldecott Medal. Finally they turned to the realm of myths. The d'Aulaires worked as a team on both art and text throughout their joint career. Originally, they used stone lithography for their illustrations. A single four-color illustration required four slabs of Bavarian limestone that weighed up to two hundred pounds apiece. The technique gave their illustrations an uncanny hand-drawn vibrancy. When, in the early 1960s, this process became too expensive, the d'Aulaires switched to acetate sheets which closely approximated the texture of lithographic stone. In their nearly five-decade career, the d'Aulaires received high critical acclaim for their distinguished contributions to children's literature. They were working on a new book when Ingri died in 1980 at the age of seventy-five. Edgar continued working until he died in 1985 at the age of eighty-six.

Review

"The d'Aulaires have…created magical, luminous illustrations that capture the humor of this Norwegian folk tale." –School Library Journal"Another standard from the Caldecott Award–winning d'Aulaires, The Terrible Troll-Bird (also first published in 1955), tells how a group of Norwegian villagers defeated the titular avian (effectively a huge rooster intent on stealing livestock) and its owners, a pair of nasty trolls." --Publishers Weekly"The d'Aulaires were, of course, the singularly gifted author-illustrators, creators, by the score, of timeless children's books…a number of their books…are still in print, classics that make for perfect gifts each and every year." –Smithsonian Magazine

Long Description

One summer's eve Ola, Lina, Sina, and Trina leave their village to gather firewood in the forest, when they're surprised by the hideous call of the terrible troll-bird, a giant rooster who pops up out of the treetops and swoops down to devour their beloved horse Blakken. Little does the terrible troll-bird know that in Ola, Lina, Sina, and Trina he has finally met his match: his terrible days of terrorizing are over. Before long the whole village is celebrating the monster's demise, and even the gnomes and hulder-maidens are coming out of their hiding places in the woods to participate in a great feast. All celebration is cut short, though, with the startling appearance of two monstrous moss-grown trolls even more terrible than the terrible troll-bird himself. Luckily, the children rise to the occasion once more, saving the day before they set out on a splendid new adventure. Filled with vibrant illustrations and telling a story of childhood ingenuity and bravery, "The Terrible Troll-Bird" is a delightful companion to Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's more comprehensive books of Norwegian folklore, "D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths" and "D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls."

Review Quote

"The d'Aulaires have…created magical, luminous illustrations that capture the humor of this Norwegian folk tale." School Library Journal "The d'Aulaires were, of course, the singularly gifted author-illustrators, creators, by the score, of timeless children's books…a number of their books…are still in print, classics that make for perfect gifts each and every year." Smithsonian Magazine

Details ISBN1590172523 Short Title TERRIBLE TROLL BIRD Language English ISBN-10 1590172523 ISBN-13 9781590172520 Media Book Year 2007 Audience Age 5-9 DOI 10.1604/9781590172520 UK Release Date 2007-09-18 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2007-09-18 NZ Release Date 2007-09-18 US Release Date 2007-09-18 Author Ingri D'Aulaire Edgar D'A Pages 52 Publisher The New York Review of Books, Inc Edition Description Main Format Paperback Publication Date 2007-09-18 Imprint NYRB Children's DEWEY 813.54 Illustrations COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Audience Children / Juvenile We've got this

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