This is a 'different' kind of children's book that borders on the line of slightly disturbing although it really is a lovely tale. After Ida's father goes away to sea, goblins come and snatch away Ida's baby sister and she must journey out to rescue her. The goblins end up being really cute and looking like roly poly babies (which explains why they stole Ida's baby sister to be a Goblin bride). The text is large and simple and the illustrations are amazing. This book won a Caldecott Honor. The story ends on a happier tone but the content is not-as-positive as I would imagine a child's story to be, HOWEVER, it has the old-timey feel of an old-fashioned fairy tale and anyone who knows their literature knows that fairy-tales do not always end happily, but this story does.
Harper Collins, 1981.
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