But Odd has a kind heart and a positive attitude. There is nothing that Chris Riddell cannot improve.About the Book New edition of Neil Gaiman's "Odd and the Frost Giants." This simple and warm story is a fantasy about a 12-year old boy named Odd, a lucky name in Viking tradition, who has had two pretty rough years. The simple elegance of the story will appeal to older readers and Gaiman fans as well. I highly recommend Odd and the Frost Giants as a gateway to Norse mythology, a reader for primary school and a story to read to younger children.
Odd and the Frost Giants is a similar collaboration. Gaiman and Riddell’s recent collaboration on The Sleeper and the Spindle is stunning, gorgeous and my favourite, most memorable book from the fairytale genre for readers of all ages. There is nothing that Chris Riddell cannot improve. Odd is another Hiccup: a great protagonist normalising disability, providing positive representation. Although he interacts with Norse gods, he remains a cripple. Odd is disabled: he walks with a cane and suffers pain from an old injury. This beautiful new edition, with pictures scattered throughout and decorative elements on nearly every page, will appeal to younger children to be read to and to ‘children of all ages’ who appreciate simplistic elegance in storytelling and artwork melding Medieval monks’ illustrated works with contemporary designs. Well, originally aimed at readers in grades 3 to 6. Odd faces Asgard’s ancient enemy, the Frost Giants, in this elegant coming-of-age tale aimed at readers in grades 3 to 6. They’re trapped in animal form because Loki was himself tricked, leaving them vulnerable to banishment from Asgard. The animals’ identities are revealed: the eagle is Odin the All-Father, the bear is Thor and the fox is Loki the trickster. Sheltering in his deceased father’s hut, Odd befriends an eagle, a bear and a fox by freeing the injured bear from a trap, somewhat Aesop-like. Odd, a Viking boy disabled in an accident and despised by all except his mother, leaves home to avoid another beating from his step-father. This hardcover edition is illustrated using line drawings, silver gilding and a cutout on the front cover featuring Chris Riddell’s artwork on the cover with monstrous eyes peering between stalactites and stalagmites from the interior of the book. This is a new special edition of Odd and the Frost Giants.
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