Nobody Likes a Goblin
Ben Hatke
First Second
Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book
**** (Good)
DESCRIPTION: Goblin lives a quiet cave, where he spends his days tending his pet bats, tidying up the treasure piles, and talking to his best friend, Skeleton. Then the adventurers arrive, swinging swords and flashing spells and terrifying him into hiding under his bed until they leave. They steal everything - even Skeleton! Screwing up his courage, he sets out to rescue his friend... even though he's warned that nobody in the outside world likes a goblin.
REVIEW: We had some down time again at work, so I read this while waiting for things to pick back up. It's a fun little picture book, following brave - if naive - little Goblin through a world that has little use for goblins, but where he finds allies in unexpected places. The illustrations are simple and silly, fitting the story, and it has a good ending.
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