Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-4893169-20150728223911/@comment-4893169-20150808000040

Raidra wrote: ''The Troll Book by Michael Berenstein (a son of the couple who did The Berenstein Bears) had a section about different "hidden folk", and it basically said the same thing. The elves were presented as more noble, and there's an illustration in which a troll couple respectfully bows and curtsies to a passing elf couple. The trolls look honored to be in their presence, but the elves, while respectfully acknowledging the trolls' admiration, still look kind of wary (I'm pretty sure the gentleman elf has his hand on his sword, just in case). The Castle Book, The Creature Catalog, and The Troll Book, all by Berenstein, are all excellent books, and it's fun to compare the illustrations in The Castle Book with some of the illustrations in The Troll Book.''

I have that book. I have a lot of books from my childhood still in my bookshelves. I even have the Dutch books about the Gnomes as well as books by Brian Froud.