Luke Pearson

This special treasury edition contains the first two volumes of Hilda's adventures -- Hilda and the Troll and Hilda and the Midnight Giant -- for you to read over and over again, as well as bonus material from series creator, Luke Pearson.

"Hilda is hardly at home anymore, seeking days filled with excitement and her mother can't help but worry. In a moment of tension, the pair find themselves flung far away into a mysterious, dark forest-- the land of the trolls! Can they work together to escape the clutches of these sinister stone creatures? -- Page 4 of cover.

"In the latest installment of the Hildafolk series, Hilda is thrust into a new life in the bustling city of Trolberg, far from the magic and wonder of her birthplace in the Fjords. Lamenting the loss of her enchanting, wooded surroundings, Hilda wonders if she'll ever recapture the same excitement in this strange new concrete forest. Hilda is set for a thunderbolt of surprise as she discovers that her new city is not quite as plain as it seems and...

Sheltering in a mysterious mound in the earth, Twig quickly realises that trouble is afoot, and that his best blue-haired friend is in danger. Unfortunately, he's never really thought of himself as the brave one, but it looks like he's going to have to step up and save Hilda from a whole load of big, scaly trouble!

"Meet Hilda--explorer, adventurer, avid sketchbook-keeper, and friend to every creature in the valley! Well ... almost every creature ... Newly initiated into the Sparrow Scouts, Hilda and her friends are ready to explore and document the wilderness. Yet as luck would have it, there is a dark, menacing creature afoot near Trolberg, and Hilda is whisked back home to safety. Even so, intrigue seems to follow our blue-haired heroine wherever she goes,...

Hilda and her mom have settled into their new home in the city of Trolberg. Pining for her magical friends and the wonder-filled wilderness, Hilda is finding it hard to fit in, especially at school. But when Hilda makes a new friend she soon begins to uncover some surprising secrets... Perhaps this concrete labyrinth is a place where wonderful and magical things can happen too?

A collection of World War I poetry interpreted by cartoonists. "As the Great War dragged on and its catastrophic death toll mounted, poets turned their pens to a world upside down. Many of the Trench Poets, as they came to be called, were soldier-poets dispatching their verse from the front lines. Known for their impassioned portrayals of life and death on the Western Front, these poems became, for much of the world, the literary heart of the Great...