

This book is published in partnership with GLAAD to accelerate LGBTQ inclusivity and acceptance. Together they fought the dragon and discovered that special something the prince was looking for all along.

The prince rushed back to save his kingdom from the perilous beast and was met by a brave knight in a suit of brightly shining armor. While they were away, a terrible dragon threatened their land, and all the soldiers fled.

The three of them traveled the land far and wide, but the prince didn’t quite find what he was looking for in the princesses they met. Once upon a time, in a kingdom far from here, there was a prince in line to take the throne, so his parents set out to find him a kind and worthy bride. In this modern fairy tale, a noble prince and a brave knight come together to defeat a terrible monster and in the process find true love in a most unexpected place. 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!įairy Tales for Mr. 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. Told with pitch perfect timing and pacing, hilarious detail, and Barnett’s signature narrator voice, this is Billy Goats Gruff as never before. 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. 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. Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it.
