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Little Legends #2
Голямото спасяване на трола
Този път Червената шапчица, Рапунцел, Ананси, Джак и Бетси поемат към тайнствен остров, за да спасят майката на Ананси, която е превърната в трол. Там откриват омагьосан замък и попадат в плен на зла вещица, готова на всичко, за да осъществи пъкления си план.
Неочаквана помощ идва от прислужницата Ела и нейното магическо братче. Ще успеят ли да спасят приятелите на Джак и всички вълшебни същества, които вещицата е отвлякла?
Неочаквана помощ идва от прислужницата Ела и нейното магическо братче. Ще успеят ли да спасят приятелите на Джак и всички вълшебни същества, които вещицата е отвлякла?
180 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2022
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Tom Percival
134 books279 followersTom Percival writes and illustrates picture books (you know, for kids) as well as illustrating books written by other people. The most well known of these is probably the excellent Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy.
He grew up in a remote and beautiful part of South Shropshire. On reflection this seemed rather more remote than beautiful, owing to the fact that he lived in a small caravan without electricity, mains water or any sensible form of heating. He thinks that he’s probably one of the few people in his peer group to have learnt to read by gas lamp.
Surprisingly enough he has never been called ‘hippy’ (to the best of his knowledge)
Tom now lives in an actual house with his girlfriend and their two young sons.
His favourite colour is turquoise and his favourite number is usually seven.
Tom has three picture books available, Tobias and the Super Spooky Ghost Book, A Home for Mr Tipps, Jack's AMAZING Shadow and a fourth, Herman's Letter will be publishing in October 2012 through Bloomsbury
He grew up in a remote and beautiful part of South Shropshire. On reflection this seemed rather more remote than beautiful, owing to the fact that he lived in a small caravan without electricity, mains water or any sensible form of heating. He thinks that he’s probably one of the few people in his peer group to have learnt to read by gas lamp.
Surprisingly enough he has never been called ‘hippy’ (to the best of his knowledge)
Tom now lives in an actual house with his girlfriend and their two young sons.
His favourite colour is turquoise and his favourite number is usually seven.
Tom has three picture books available, Tobias and the Super Spooky Ghost Book, A Home for Mr Tipps, Jack's AMAZING Shadow and a fourth, Herman's Letter will be publishing in October 2012 through Bloomsbury
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August 22, 2016
Hooray! The Little Legends saga continues! As much fun and just as smart and witty as book 1 The Spell Thief. Wonderful characters - love Old Bert and his Sea Snacks. Looking forward to more tales in the series! Highly recommended!
April 29, 2022
Jake and I have really enjoyed reading these together. He’s been engaged in the story
June 4, 2018
There are fun characters and exciting things to wonder about. I love this book!
September 22, 2020
Yet another read with work kiddo. I continue to be charmed by this series and the clever way the author works in traits from the original stories into these versions of the characters, ngl—they are by necessity lightly sketched in, but deftly chosen. Red Riding Hood(ie... it's an AU, of course she has a red hoodie, I love it)'s defining character trait and the throughline of her character development in this book is that she Trusts Strangers Too Much and learns to be more discerning throughout the course of the plot. No big bad wolves, but (Cinder)Ella, a not-so-evil huntsman who secretly wants to be a woodsman, and a wicked witch feature; it's good, fast-paced fun and the moral bits weren't nearly so heavy-handed as in the first book. It also helps that Red is way less of a jerk than Jack, so less annoying to read about.
Kiddo opinions: sometimes we had to cover up the pictures with the witch because he didn't want to look at them, and also there is a magical poop joke scene, which went over pretty well, because, well, these are still MG books and nothing is funnier than poop jokes for the under-10 set, amirite.
By the way, I was not expecting the Racism Allegory troll plot to be stretched out but
Not sure if kiddo has the third in the series but I am highly tempted to see if they're at the library or go to B&N and tachiyomi the rest. I'm invested now, this is my life, send help
Kiddo opinions: sometimes we had to cover up the pictures with the witch because he didn't want to look at them, and also there is a magical poop joke scene, which went over pretty well, because, well, these are still MG books and nothing is funnier than poop jokes for the under-10 set, amirite.
By the way, I was not expecting the Racism Allegory troll plot to be stretched out but
Not sure if kiddo has the third in the series but I am highly tempted to see if they're at the library or go to B&N and tachiyomi the rest. I'm invested now, this is my life, send help
October 11, 2017
After reading the first book in this series, I was very happy to have the second one on hand. In the first book we followed Jack as the main character and in this one we follow Red as she has to rescue her friends from an evil witch. The story picks up where the first one left off, the kids are still trying to help Anansi figure out how to help his family, but his mom is on her way to him and she gets captured by the evil witch.
We learn more about Red's character and her friends as the story progresses and the friendships that form and build. There is a lot of teamwork and learning in these fun, adventurous books and I think young readers will really enjoy this series. And as an added bonus the illustrations are so much fun too!
We learn more about Red's character and her friends as the story progresses and the friendships that form and build. There is a lot of teamwork and learning in these fun, adventurous books and I think young readers will really enjoy this series. And as an added bonus the illustrations are so much fun too!
April 25, 2017
An adventure that turns into something obnoxious.
What started out as an adventure ends up as a disaster as the wicked witch tries to capture Jack and his friends.
Loved the illustrations in this book. The plot seemed superlative and neatly packaged.
What started out as an adventure ends up as a disaster as the wicked witch tries to capture Jack and his friends.
Loved the illustrations in this book. The plot seemed superlative and neatly packaged.
February 29, 2016
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April 1, 2021
Tässä tarinassa pääosassa on Hilkka, joka on hieman liian luottavainen eikä osaa sanoa "ei" silloin kuin pitäisi (kuten joutuessaan ostamaan kalajäätelöä). Seikkailu alkaa, kun Anansi saa viestin äidiltään, jossa tämä kertoo haaksirikkoutuneensa Tarinalan läheiselle saarelle. Hilkan myötävaikutuksesta Anansin äiti joutuu saarta hallitsevan ilkeän noidan kynsiin ja joukkio joutuu murtautumaan tämän linnaan Jaakon pavunvarren avulla. Yritys päättyy kuitenkin huonosti ja ainoastaan Hilkka pääsee pakenemaan törmäten samalla linnassa asuvaan Tuhkimoon eli Tuikkuun ja tämän haltijakummi Olliin. Yhdessä kolmikko ryhtyy selvittämään, miten he saisivat Hilkan ystävät sekä Anansin äidin pelastettua noidan kynsistä...
Kokonaisuutena hauska teos, jossa päähenkilönä on tällä kertaa Hilkka. Ensimmäisen osan tunteminen ei tässä tapauksessa ole niin välttämätöntä, koska siihen ei kirjassa viitata juurikaan edes Anansin kohdalla, joten kirjaa voisi vinkata myös itsenäisesti. Myös kirjan uudet hahmot ovat pienissä karikatyyreissään hyvin onnistuneita (esim. Tuikun siivousvimma). 4 tähteä.
Kokonaisuutena hauska teos, jossa päähenkilönä on tällä kertaa Hilkka. Ensimmäisen osan tunteminen ei tässä tapauksessa ole niin välttämätöntä, koska siihen ei kirjassa viitata juurikaan edes Anansin kohdalla, joten kirjaa voisi vinkata myös itsenäisesti. Myös kirjan uudet hahmot ovat pienissä karikatyyreissään hyvin onnistuneita (esim. Tuikun siivousvimma). 4 tähteä.
November 18, 2022
За щастие, не ни се наложи да чакаме дълго за продължението на „Крадецът на заклинания“ от Том Пърсивал! Втори том на поредицата „Малки легенди“ вече е тук. В „Голямото спасяване на трола“ тайфата от приказни персонажи се завръща по-задружна от всякога. След като в предишния том всички разбраха тайната на новодошлия Ананси, сега е ред да обединят сили и да му помогнат да спаси семейството си! Но дали младите герои ще успеят да се справят? Предстои им опасно пътуване по вода, а майката на Ананси е преобразена в заплашителен трол! Прочетете ревюто на „Книжни Криле“: https://knijnikrile.wordpress.com/202...
April 23, 2021
Book 2 introduces new characters - Ella and Cole - to the group of friends. Anansi's mom is coming to visit but ends up shipwrecked on Squirrel Nose Island. Jack and all of his friends help Anansi get to the island to see his mom. There they encounter a wicked witch who plans to take over the world. Working together with their new friends, they defeat her plan and find a possible solution to change Anansi' mom and uncle back to being human not trolls.
The humor continues. Percival's writing pace works or mid-elementary level readers. These would be terrific read alouds.
The humor continues. Percival's writing pace works or mid-elementary level readers. These would be terrific read alouds.
June 19, 2021
Little Legends is intended for early middle grade readers. It is based on fairy tale characters like Jack in the beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella etc.
In the Great Troll Rescue, a new friend Anansi needs to meet his cursed mother on Squirrel Island. A huntsman, a wicked witch and many magical creatures are involved.
The font is very readable and large in size. There are illustrations throughout the book that are well done.
It’s a fun little adventure if you don’t think too hard about the storyline and plot if you are older than the target age.
In the Great Troll Rescue, a new friend Anansi needs to meet his cursed mother on Squirrel Island. A huntsman, a wicked witch and many magical creatures are involved.
The font is very readable and large in size. There are illustrations throughout the book that are well done.
It’s a fun little adventure if you don’t think too hard about the storyline and plot if you are older than the target age.
April 1, 2022
A fairytale character book, with plenty of nods to the classics. Picked up as it's the same author as the Marvellous Misfits one we both really liked - it was ok, but not as fun to read aloud (quite a bit of stumbling on my part, which tends to happen when I'm tuning out). I'll be honest, fairy tales aren't my medium of choice, they need to be well utilised to get my attention. Kid said he "didn't love it". He tends to rate books fairly high so we settled on 4 stars.
August 17, 2017
A wonderful read to share with my daughter. We were hooked from day 1. The pictures of the witch are a little too intense but a super fun read!
August 19, 2017
A cute read for my kiddos
December 15, 2017
Good stories, well-written, great for reading out loud to kids while making all the different voices.
May 16, 2018
This one was even better than the second and I can't wait to read the next one!
September 3, 2018
A fun read we enjoyed with our kiddos as a bedtime story.
October 17, 2018
My older daughter loves these books. We finished this one and she can't wait to get the next
July 12, 2019
Cute book that I read to my girls.
April 1, 2021
Satujen sankarien toinen osa Huima pelastusretki oli tarinaltaan huomasti vetävämpi kuin ensimmäinen. Juoni koostui yhdestä selkeästä seikkailusta. Huumoria riitti pitkin kirjaa.
April 28, 2021
Cute little story. Fun for young readers!
August 16, 2021
Great story, enjoyable characters, but again, probably not quite ready for some of the content (5.5y).
August 12, 2022
These kids are adorable.
August 4, 2023
While these are very simple stories, I found this book to be entertaining and funny. A cute, quick read.
April 26, 2025
boring
September 4, 2017
Chronique complète : http://au-boulevard-du-livre-enfants....
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Dans ce tome-ci, il y a beaucoup de suspense alors que nos acolytes se retrouvent enfermés chez la méchante sorcière.
L'auteur aborde un peu le thème de la confiance vis-à-vis les autres, mais surtout envers soi-même. Ce que j'ai bien aimé aussi est le fait que quatre différents petits personnages sont présentés à la fin de chaque tome avec leurs forces, leurs faiblesses et leurs goûts. Une histoire qui en fera rêver et voyager plus d'un.
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Dans ce tome-ci, il y a beaucoup de suspense alors que nos acolytes se retrouvent enfermés chez la méchante sorcière.
L'auteur aborde un peu le thème de la confiance vis-à-vis les autres, mais surtout envers soi-même. Ce que j'ai bien aimé aussi est le fait que quatre différents petits personnages sont présentés à la fin de chaque tome avec leurs forces, leurs faiblesses et leurs goûts. Une histoire qui en fera rêver et voyager plus d'un.
February 22, 2024
The story I liked quite a lot, but no doubt, the best thing about this books was the way the pages were constructed. They were all very unique, and it was fun to read.
April 15, 2017
Not as good as the first, but still excited to read this with my students, I think they'll enjoy it.
April 29, 2017
Cute story with good themes and friendships. I read this book without reading book one and followed it just fine
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February 27, 2018Another fun story! it's creepier than the first with a legitimately scary witch with scary witch pictures that I am sure would have given me nightmares as a kid! But my girls liked it even more because of this. For those sensitive to magic, there is some dark magic going on with the evil witch... but that's kind of what evil witches do, so no real surprise there. Malia's favorite part: the "muh haha witch." liana's favorite part: "the witch whose was a foiled and spoiled nincompoop..." (umm okay? nice rhyming? still too scary to be a nincompoop thinks mom) definitely fun, the girls already want to read the next one.
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