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The tellers of fairytales have always appeared to love making trolls the bad guys. They are usually always short, smelly, ruthless and quite happy to be the enemy of all who meet them. I’m sure we all know quite a few classic tales which include trolls and have an idea firmly printed in our minds about these creatures.

 

Paulette Dowle is here to tell us that whilst that is fine it’s also time to forget everything you think you might know about trolls. Why? Because believe it or not, they are much, much worse than we’ve been led to believe. With her story and the illustrations of Tim Brunt, I think you will quickly agree!

 

Inside this book you’ll find Grampy Grotface and his family, his filthy, foul-smelling family – you have been warned! This family are proud of being as grotty, rotten and grumpy as trolls come. When they are kicked out of their home, which to be fair is crumbling around them and VERY stinky, they find themselves the perfect new place to live, a rotting pirate ship! Now they don’t have to stay in one place, they can travel the world, lurk under their beloved bridges, scare passers-by and best of all – collect smelly socks, their perfect snack!