Hilda and the Black Hound
Hilda sits in her tent, dwarfed by volumes of the Greater Fjords Wildlife Chronicles with a flashlight and her restless companion Twig, but Hilda's not in the fjords and it isn't raining. Hilda's pitched a tent in her room and it's been days since she's been out.
In Hilda's new adventure, she meets the Nisse: a mischievous but charismatic bunch of misfits who occupy a world beside – but also somehow within – our own, and where the rules of physics don't quite match up. Meanwhile, on the streets of Trolberg, a dark specter looms...
About the Hilda Series
Books in series order
- 1.Hilda and the Troll(2010)
- 2.Hilda and the Midnight Giant(2012)
- 3.Hilda and the Bird Parade(2013)
- 4.Hilda and the Black Hound(2014)
- 5.Hilda and the Stone Forest(2016)
- 6.Hilda and the Mountain King(2019)
- 7.Hilda and Twig: Hide from the Rain(2024)
Reading age: 7+ years
Hilda can never sit still for long without setting off on another adventure. She can't resist exploring her enchanting world – a place where trolls walk, crows speak, and mountains move. The magic and folklore of the wild, windswept North come alive in this book about an adventurous little girl and her habit of befriending anything, no matter how curious it might seem.