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Oliver and his best friend Troll run a café in the woods. They make the BEST cakes - their troll customers would much rather eat cakes than children! One particularly busy day in the café, Oliver's sister Dolly disappears, so Oliver and Troll set off to find her. Their search takes them up Munch Mountain, where the biggest, meanest and grumpiest troll in the world lives. Oliver doesn't believe all the scary rumours, but Troll's not so sure . . .

About the Author :
Adam Stowerhas illustrated many books for children, including Bottoms Up!, winner of the Red House Picture Book Award. His own books include Slam!,Silly Doggy! and Naughty Kitty!, both of which were longlisted for the Kate Greenaway.

Review :
It's great to see the characters from Troll and the Oliver return for a second story about hungry trolls and cake. At the end of The Troll and the Oliver, Oliver and Troll have gone into business together running a cafe selling cake to hungry trolls. But when Oliver's little sister disappears up Munch Mountain - where the Grumbug lives - he and Troll set off after her, taking a special supply of cake with them. Children will love following the clues in the story that lead Oliver towards his sister. Sure enough, she is at the top of Munch Mountain - but is the Grumbug really as big and as green and as mean as people think...? Once again Adam Stower excels at juxtaposing the text and the images so that the child reader knows more about what is going on than some of the characters in the story - they will delight in pointing out the clues to the existence of a rather large creature in the mountains, even if Oliver doesn't believe it exists... The rather wonderful array of trolls in the story could also be used to encourage children to create their own troll or other cake-guzzling creature! Extraordinary characters, wonderful illustrations with bright, bold colours fill the pages of this picture book. Children will love it and they will all wish their best friend was a troll. Yippee! It's a return visit from my favourite Troll and of course, Oliver. This time however, it's Oliver's small sister, Dolly who features large - well not that large - in this story. At the outset we find Oliver and his best pal, Troll hard at work in their café: a café run exclusively for trolls (of the cake-only-eating variety I hasten to add.) So busy are the friends that they fail to notice young Dolly heading out through the open door. Some time later her absence is discovered and a hunt ensues. An exhaustive search of the café reveals no Dolly so Oliver declares an outside search is needed. "BEWARE! Steer clear of Munch Mountain - you know who lives there!" warns a wise old troll speaking of ... All manner of dreadful descriptions issue forth from other trolls but Oliver is undaunted and armed with cake and alone save his trusty pal Troll, he sallies forth on a Dolly hunt. Into the forest they go ... Oliver at least, heedless of the clues around them - until they find themselves at the foot of Munch Mountain. Up, up they go and at the top they find ... And she's not alone; but surely that creature cannot be the BIGGEST, MEANEST, GRUMPIEST and GREENEST troll of all? Can it ...? Erm, maybe not; but nobody wants to spoil a super-dooper story so let's bid our cake-eating crew a hearty farewell and leave them to enjoy their repast ... and I'll just add Oliver's parting words "WE NEED BIGGER CAKE!" Amen to that: and more servings please, Adam Stower. That one was a decidedly tasty offering. The recipe's pretty much as before with occasional textual forays into rhyme and Stower's wonderful way of showing not telling with his witty illustrations. My four to nine year old audiences have relished every serving and demanded immediate second helpings. Gleeful story, gorgeous illustrations - 'Grumbug' is great! It's full on brilliant, beautifully drawn and HILARIOUS. I 100% think that it's one of my very favourite picture books. SO good!


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781783700523
  • Publisher: Templar Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Templar Books
  • Height: 265 mm
  • No of Pages: 40
  • Weight: 220 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1783700521
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 229 mm


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