Saturday 10 August 2013



An exciting new publishing company for books that unusual or different. I can especially recommend :
Troll Swap by Leigh Hodgkinson  which I have reviewed on The Bookbag:

This is a wonderful book with a very unique message about accepting yourself just as  you are. I would also highly recommend this to parents of girls fed up with the typical princess fare.

There are two main characters. Timothy Limpit is a troll. Most trolls are loud, messy and rude, but Timothy is quiet, polite and tidy. Tabitha Lumpit isn't really bad, but she is messy, very loud and extremely active. And at times she is a bit rude, picking her nose, jumping up and down and shouting. My son felt terribly sorry for her as she jumped up and down in a mud puddle and her parents look on very sadly, wishing she were more like them. Meanwhile, the trolls have been cruel to poor Timothy, telling him he a rubbish as a troll. The two misfits meet and get a brilliant idea. They'll swap places. Timothy goes to live with Tabitha's parents and Tabitha goes to live with the trolls. Remarkably, Tabitha's parents do not notice the difference in their daughter's appearance, but only how neat and tidy she has become. They both have a grand time for awhile, until they realise that they are no longer different from anyone around them. They enjoyed being unique. Finally, they swap places and go back to their own homes. The trolls had missed Timothy, and were happy to have him back; he brought something unique to their lives. As for Tabitha's parents they were so happy their old Tabitha back that the whole family ended up jumping on the sofa together.

 I like the book because it very subtly tells a child that is OK to be different. That they don't have to be like everyone else to be loved, valued and important.

To see the complete review, please visit:
http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Troll_Swap_by_Leigh_Hodgkinson

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