Trip Trap Trouble: A story about the Three Billy Goats Gruff and gratitude

Fairytale Fraud #1

by Katie Pye, Rodrigo Paulo (Illustrator)

From discontent...to disaster.
When Big Billy Goat Gruff notices greener grass across the ravine, his craving for the greenest grass quickly turns into an obsession.
…How can the troll stop the tiresome trip-trapping back and forth across his bridge?
If you enjoy unexpected twists, playful humour, and delightful illustrations, then you'll love Katie Pye's highly entertaining Fairytale Fraud series. With lovely gentleness, the Fairytale Fraud series draws kids into conversation about well-being topics in a non-preachy way!
Read 'Trip Trap Trouble' and enjoy your laugh out loud launch into a conversation about gratitude and thanksgiving!
Need more Fairytale Fraud’s in your life? Don't miss, Breaking News! Trip Trap Trouble, Sibling Wars and our next release, Dressed in the Best!

Genres: Picture Books

39 pages, Paperback

Published February 23, 2020

About the author

Katie Pye is a New Zealand-based author with a daft sense of humour and an uncanny ability to make anything rhyme. While living in Cambodia and Germany, she launched headlong into a hilarious journey of re-crafting fairytale favourites with her 'Fairytale Fraud' series.

Katie's goal is to provide families fun memory hooks into strong resilient thinking, including her own young family! Each story is delightful, and opens a fun conversation without compromising the story value or coming across preachy. Each story has a 'Behind the Scenes' section, with even more kid-friendly resources available on her website:
www.fairytalefraud.com

Enjoy finding out the TRUTH behind fairy tales!

Reviews

[TL *Humaning the Best She Can* · Rating 4 out of 5]

*read for free with kindle unlimited *

Cute retelling of the fairytale :)

Artwork: 4 stars

[Shannara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second book of the series I’ve read and it did not disappoint! This is perfect for my four year old who is always wanting what others have. It’s such a cute way to bring up conversations with kids that are hard to discuss when it’s actually happening to them. My kiddo is much more receptive to learning from a story. Again, love the moral and the discussion suggestions at the end. Can’t wait to get into the others in the series!!

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good retelling that has a nice twist.

[magical_bookcorner · Rating 3 out of 5]

A re-telling of The Billy Goats Gruff with a twist.
Rhyming tale
Nice pictures

[Vicky Weber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! Great read!

As a teacher, I’m always looking for stories that I will enjoy as much as the children will and this twist on the Billy Goats Gruff hit the nail on the head. The illustrations are fun and pair well with the authors rhythm and rhyme! Plus, it is a great conversation piece for social emotional learning. Loved it!

[Katie Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun retelling

The reasons the goats crossed the bridge are finally unpacked and we discover that their motives were perhaps a bit petty! Great lessons here!

[Nisa_nisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gosh darn goats!

Another brilliant installment in the series. This time those pesky goats are the real culprits! The poor troll is an innocent bystander who just looking for some peace and quiet. A fun story about learning how to settle for what you have and that the grass is, in fact, not always greener on the other side. The ending was unexpected and hilarious.

[Amie McCracken · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing!

The concept behind this book (and the others by this author) are simply genius. This one is our favorite so far. My son was giggling as I read it and loved chatting about the questions afterward. The artwork is gorgeous and it was a blast to read out loud.

[Belle Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Smart book with a clever twist

This is a charming take on a classic story with a twist of a lesson on gratitude. The story is written in clever and humorous rhyme. The illustrations are well done, too.

[Toby Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gratitude ☺

A super rhyming story with a spin from the fairytale, Biily Goat's Gruff. Fantastically entertaining, well-written and full of grateful messaging. The grass isn't always greener on the other side. 🌠

[Gabby · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting version.

The grass is never greener on the other side and if you always look for that then you will never find what you are looking for, sometimes it is see the good and bad of both.

[Kerry Betteridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cleverly written story on the 'grass is greener' and gratitude, a pleasure to read and lots to discuss with our kids.

[Michele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great!! I liked the message about gratitude told through an entertaining story.

[Elizabeth Edwards · Rating 5 out of 5]

so fun, i think i did enjoy the "Ready for Rescue" a bit more than this one ...both are so fun, great illustrations, i see they are done by 2 totally different illustrators??! very cool.

[Faye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute children's book with a sweet lesson about gratitude at the end.

[SJ Crandall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Night night

Well enjoyed by the two year old at bedtime. We do like books with these rolling rhymes. Looking forward to the next book!

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Trip Trap Trouble by Katie Pye – This is on kindle unlimited. I love a twisted fairy tale! I had a moment of panic there, but that ending is hilarious! Happy Reading!

[E.K. Isaacs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reviewed by Isaac (aged 10)

I liked the ending of this book and seeing the story from the troll’s point of view. The art and story were funny.

[Kate Stead · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very cute retelling of the Billy goat gruff tale. I read it to my four year old and he was super engaged with the story and the artwork.
Very funny