Trouble with Trolls

A first-person narrative by a small girl named Treva who tells of her encounters with the marauding, but somewhat dim-witted, little folk, when she and her dog set out to visit her cousin on the other side of Mt. Baldy one morning in early spring. In the detailed illustrations we're shown two stories simultaneously: Treva's adventure as it happens above ground and the domestic scenes taking place in the subterranean home of the trolls (who, despite their efforts to rob Treva, seem rather endearing) where a subplot is unfolding. This is surely a book where close reading of the pictures as well as of the text is vital: it will yield another (unwritten) story. There's much to develop the imagination of the audience - be that class, group or individual.