Instant New York Times bestseller!
The MOMENTOUS debut of a groundbreaking Fairy Tale series -- a
brilliantly crafted, hilarious twist on this beloved classic, The Three
Billy Goats Gruff, from renowned, award-winning, and New York Times
bestselling duo and picture book pioneers Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen!
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! This is the
first in a groundbreaking new collection of fractured fairy tales
crafted by one of today's most celebrated and acclaimed authors, Mac
Barnett, and brought to stunning visual life by award-winning and
beloved creator of I Want My Hat Back, Jon Klassen.
Told with pitch perfect timing and pacing, hilarious detail, and
Barnett's signature narrator voice, this is Billy Goats Gruff as never
before. High-stakes page turns will have readers on the edge of their
seats and giggling along, as they join each goat and anticipate the
arrival of the hungry and terrible troll living under the bridge. With
Klassen's brilliantly restrained scenes, arresting characters, and
celebrated artistic style, this first of three fairy tales is destined
to be a true publishing event!
With a multitude of Caldecott Medals, Honors, international awards, and
New York Times bestsellers to their names both independently and in
collaboration, this is a creative pairing that is electric. So get ready
to experience picture book magic... all you have to do is cross the
bridge!
