Are those trolls living next door?

Forced to flee a comfortable existence in the mountains of Norway after an embarrassing incident with a goat, the Troll family settles in the very average suburb of Biddlesden. They try to make the best of it, eating baked beans from a can and offering housewarming gifts of rocks to their next-door neighbors, the Priddles-but they just can't seem to fit in. The Priddles are scandalized by their new neighbors and will do anything to get rid of them. Will they succeed in chasing the Trolls out? This hilarious and offbeat story will have readers hoping to find trolls as their own next-door neighbors.
ALAN MacDONALD has written and directed plays for children and has written for the BBC. He is the author of several books for children, including Wilfred to the Rescue and Pig in a Wig.

MARK BEECH divides his time between illustrating and working as a commercial artist in advertising. This is his first book with Bloomsbury.
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Reviews "Mild farce."-Kirkus Reviews "Kids will hear the messages about cultural tolerance, but it's the slapstick comedy that will draw readers into this first entry in the Troll Trouble series. MacDonald includes deliciously silly vocabulary ("Uggsome!" Edrik yells when he is pleased); inventive details about the Troll lifestyle; and fractured-fairy-tale references to the Billy Goats Gruff. Beech's scribbly line drawings turn up the humor, especially in the endearing portraits of the big, bright-eyed Trolls, wildly dressed, eager to please, and proud to be themselves."-Booklist