Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812 - 1885) was a Norwegian writer, scholar and collector of traditional folk tales. The Lads who met the Trolls in the Hedale Wood is one such folk story. Two teenage lads are stranded in the Hedale Wood overnight. Before long they hear heavy footsteps and sniffing. Three enormous trolls are on the scent of human flesh...how can they manage to escape?

Twenty-one of the Norwegian folk tales collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe telling of trolls, sprites, princesses, cinderlads, talking cats, and mountains made of glass.

Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Billy Goats Gruff decide to clip-clop across the bridge to get to the grassy ridge, the troll is already imagining all the way to prepare a delicious goat dinner. But the troll underestimates those seemingly sweet but oh-so-savvy goats!

Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain. Retells the traditional tale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge.

Retells the folktale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under a bridge.

On a mission to find some grub, three triceratops brothers must first find a way to outsmart a tyrannosaurus rex with his own dinner plans.

"An easy format retelling of the classic fairy tale, Billy Goats Gruff and how the goats trick a troll living under a bridge. Original edition revised with new illustrations. Includes reading activities and a word list"--Provided by publisher.

In this retelling of the Norwegian tale, a traveler from Finnmark and his polar bear help scare away the trolls that harass Halvor and his family every Christmas Eve.

A big bully, afflicted with Random Hostility Syndrome, terrorizes all of the forest animals until a clever young troll gets his goat.

In this retelling of the Norwegian tale, three clever billy goats outwit Calypso Joe, a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge on Split in Two Island in the Caribbean Sea.