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Laura Molyneux Reads “The True Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff” for Cloudberry Forest School

Problematic Press is quite pleased to share this wonderful reading of one of our stories.

Laura Molyneux of Cloudberry Forest School recently read David Reynolds’ The True Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff: The Troll’s Side of the Story for her students.

We are truly honoured to play a part in this.

Thanks kindly to Laura Molyneux for choosing to share our book.

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Cheers!

David Reynolds

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Now Available – The True Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff: The Troll’s Side of the Story

Cheers, all!

We are all kinds of excited to be presenting a children’s story written by David Reynolds when he was just a young boy, about 9-11 years old. The True Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff: The Troll’s Side of the Story is the young author’s reinterpretation of the classic Norwegian fairytale, considering how the troll might have seen things differently.

Subtle and charming, bright and playful, The True Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff: The Troll’s Side of the Story is best suited for adults reading to young children, for early readers, and for all of us children-at-heart. This book is now available in print and Kindle editions! Find your copy in the Problematic Press Shops (CAN and US).

The Troll's Side of the Story

This little nugget from the past is lovingly illustrated by Myles Reichel. Yes, the same Myles Reichel of Uneeda fame. You might also find him at Von Stytch Tattoo & Art Studio/Gallery. This work showcases the gentler side of the punker tattooist, and his work here looks fantastic!

The True Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff: The Troll’s Side of the Story also includes Sir George Webbe Dasent’s translation of the Norwegian classic. This is the popular tale of the Gruffs’ encounter with a terrible troll, but here, read together with Reynolds’ reinterpretation, it reinforces the message that there are often two sides to a story.

For those of you lucky enough to be in St. John’s, Newfoundland between May 23rd and 25th, you can pick up your copy of The True Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff: The Troll’s Side of the Story at Sci-Fi on the Rock 8! Both Reynolds and Reichel will be manning the Problematic Press table, so this is a great chance to meet the book’s creators! Be warned, however, that our quantities on-hand are very limited!

Otherwise, copies can be purchased from the Problematic Press Shops (CAN and US). The book can also be found on Amazon.ca as well as Amazon.com. Additionally, wholesale purchases of The True Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff: The Troll’s Side of the Story can be made through CreateSpace Direct, Ingram, and Baker & Taylor.

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Day 1: It Has Begun

Welcome, friends!

This is a momentous occasion.  Problematic Press has just arrived on the scene with a mission to stimulate your hungry, eager intellects!

Problematic Press intends to challenge your fundamental preconceptions of the world through original works of literature as well as important, yet often neglected, texts from the past.  Our first release will be Robert Hayman’s Quodlibets, which is quite likely the first work of literature produced in North America.  Written while Hayman was Governor of the British colony in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland in 1628, this edition features David Reynolds’ adaptation of the Middle English poetry into more contemporary language, in order to make the text more accessible to today’s audience.  Reynolds makes every effort to preserve the poetic elements of Hayman’s work, which reflects upon matters ranging from spirituality to politics and is largely an appeal to the British to settle in the Newfound-land.  Quodlibets portrays the reflections and attitudes of one of Newfoundland’s, and also North America’s, founding fathers in unabashed eloquence.

Stay tuned for updates on other upcoming releases!  Tell your literati friends that Problematic Press is here to stay!

Cheers!

David Reynolds

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