There's a Troll at the Bottom of Our Street

Five short chapters form this sequel to There's a Troll at the Bottom of My Garden, in which said Troll looks after the neighbourhood by tidying up rubbish. A multi-cultural group of local children go in search of adventure with the Troll, but their nostalgic recreation of the Billy Goats Gruff story, complete with a 'rickedy rackedy bridge' over the canal, goes wrong when the Troll becomes convinced that he is being haunted. Meanwhile, the locals have got a 'clean up the canal' campaign going, helped by the Troll and his friends' TV appearance. Language and format are definitely for 'developing readers' as classified by Puffin: the text is not stilted at all and uses a good range of vocabulary in contexts which will help with recognition if unfamiliar. The type is large and there are lots of pictures.