From my mommy perspective: Ew, gross.  Nasty, disgusting trolls and ogres eaten by a slimy frog.  No thank you.  I did not find myself drawn to this book for the images or the story as I so often find myself...

But then I read it to my nearly three year old son.  And we read it three times in a row the first night.  And we read it every night afterwards (until I hid it for a break!)  And he made his Nana read it to him.  He asks questions and looks forward to the turning of every page.  My son likes to be a little bit scared, and this book fits the bill with its scary monsters. 

I am a little thankful that it wasn't ANOTHER truck book, though.