The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Gaiman, Neil

Odd and the Frost Giants

124 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | October, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-256795-6 $19.99
New ed. (2009)

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Chris Riddell. Twelve-year-old Odd outwits a Frost Giant who has transformed Norse deities Thor, Loki, and Odin into a bear, fox, and eagle; claimed Asgard (and the lovely goddess Freya) for himself; and, in the process, brought unending winter. In this heavily illustrated, oversize new edition, Riddell captures all the humor and magic of Gaiman's novel with personality-rich black-and-white line drawings set off by intricately patterned silver frames.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2009