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Genre:

Brief Annotation:

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Readers who will like this book:

Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp (you'll link a strategy to at least 10 of your 40 books) :

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:

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1. Interest Level (age):

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade):
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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Helga's Dowry-A Troll Love Story

BASIC DOCUMENTATION
Book Title: Helga’s Dowry-A Troll Love Story

Author(s): Tomie DePaola

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Tomie DePaola

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Copyright Date: 1977

Genre: Fantasy

Brief Annotation:
A troll uses her intelligence to obtain a dowry so that she may get married. When she returns, the troll is able to marry the man that appreciates her.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 4.5
I enjoyed the many surprises DePaola used in this story, include the spying king. DePaola uses interesting characters and setting to illustrate determination and ethics can lead to happy endings.

Readers who will like this book:
• Readers who enjoy fantasy
• Surprises in their reading
• Rags-to-Riches stories

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:
The title of the book is Helga’s Dowry-A Troll Love Story.
• What is a dowry?

1. Interest Level (age): 5-7

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 4.9
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