Hey everyone, today I have a special treat for you guys and some cool artwork to share about an exciting new book coming soon from Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus and some amazing art from Sean Murray!
TROLLHUNTERS
- By Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus
- Illustrated by Sean Murray
- In stores July 14
ABOUT THE BOOK
“You are food. Those muscles you flex to walk, lift, and talk? They’re patties of meat topped with chewy tendon. That skin you’ve paid so much attention to in mirrors? It’s delicious to the right tongues, a casserole of succulent tissue. And those bones that give you the strength to make your way in the world? They rattle between teeth as the marrow is sucked down slobbering throats. These facts are unpleasant but useful. There are things out there, you see, that don’t cower in holes to be captured by us and cooked over our fires. These things have their own ways of trapping their kills, their own fires, their own appetites.”
Jim Sturges is your typical teen in suburban San Bernardino— one with an embarrassingly overprotective dad, a best friend named “Tubby” who shares his hatred of all things torturous (like gym class), and a crush on a girl who doesn’t know he exists. But everything changes for Jim when a 45-year old mystery resurfaces, threatening the lives of everyone in his seemingly sleepy town. Soon Jim has to team up with a band of unlikely (and some un-human) heroes to battle the monsters he never knew existed.
From the minds of horror geniuses Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus comes a new illustrated novel about the fears that move in unseen places.
Creative Team
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Guillermo del Toro is best known for his critically acclaimed feature films, such as Pan’s Labyrinth, Helllboy, The Hobbit, and Pacific Rim, as well as his best-selling Strain Trilogy.
Daniel Kraus is the award-winning author of Scowler and Rotters, and is the director of six feature films. He lives with his wife in Chicago.
From Pan’s Labyrinth to Hellboy to his best-selling novel The Strain, del Toro has captured the imagination through his works. His co-author Daniel Kraus is another award-winning author and filmmaker with a penchant for horror stories. Kraus’ debut novel, The Monster Variations, was selected for New York Public Library’s “100 Best Stuff for Teens.” Fangoria called Rotters, his Bram Stoker-finalist and Odyssey Award-winning second novel, “a new horror classic.” Kraus’ 2013 title, Scowler, also won an Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Sean Murray is an illustrator, concept artist, author and teacher known for his work on video games such as Dungeons & Dragons Online and The Lord of the Rings Online, as well as the creator of The World of Gateway, which includes his fantasy guidebook Gateway: The Book of Wizards and the upcoming card game Gateway Uprising.
Get a Peek inside the Book!
Interior Artwork Copyright: Sean Murray.
Praise for TROLLHUNTERS
“Guillermo del Toro’s name on the cover of a children’s book – be sure the adventure is not for the timid hearted! He knows the young want stories that do not lie about the shadows under beds and bridges – and in human hearts. Trollhunters teaches us about both kinds. About true friendship, grim and slimy heroes, the strength of outsiders- and the courage it takes to face everyday life.” – Cornelia Funke, Bestselling author of the Inkheart trilogy
“Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus have deftly forged a thrilling, nightmare-inducing monstrous world filled with terrifying trolls, lost boys and mysterious artifacts. The gruesome text, paired with ghoulish illustrations, makes for a fantastic adventure in an underground kingdom that’s just a dangerous as the trials and tribulations of middle school. I’m never looking under my bed again.” – Tony DiTerlizzi, Bestselling author and co-creator of The Spiderwick Chronicles
PRE-ORDER LINKS
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books a Million | IndieBound | Indigo
Learn More
- Learn more at Un-RequiredReading.com
- Follow Disney-Hyperion on Twitter & Tumblr
- #Trollhunters
COMIC-CON SIGNING
Will you be at San Diego Comic-Con? Stop by the Disney Publishing Booth on Friday afternoon for a TROLLHUNTERS signing with co-authors Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus. Limited to 100!
Guillermo del Toro & Daniel Kraus Signing
- Friday, July 10th
- 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Disney Publishing Worldwide Booth #1129
Trailer
Giveaway
TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN prize pack
Avoid becoming a monster’s next meal! One (1) winner will receive:
- Branded Trollhunterszip-up hoodie and pins;
- Candy bones;
- and a copy of Trollhunters.
Entries via the Rafflecopter below.
Giveaway open to US addresses only. Prizing and samples provided by Disney-Hyperion.
I truly love the artwork and it makes me all excited about this book! How about you?
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I loved Pan’s Labyrinth, so I’m really excited to read this book!
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The artwork is amazing! thanks for the giveaway!
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I am such a Del Toro geek (though I’ll admit I couldn’t get into The Strain) this is exciting!
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This sounds so good! Yes, I’m excited! Thanks for the giveaway!
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It looks awesome! I <3 Toro and his work even the Book of Life and would love to win this book! I <3 Trolls and Monsters very much! 🙂
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This book looks and sounds utterly fantastic plus I absolutely love Del Toro and I know I am going too love this book. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
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I think this is going to be amazing. Thank you so much!
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This sounds great!
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My husband will want to read this. He and I both love these kinds of stories. This should be a movie, also. We’d go see it.
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This sounds really interesting! I’m surprised that this is the first that I’ve heard of it. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Thank you for the great inside look of TROLLHUNTERS! I So want to read this with my kids (myself, if need be-Lol) and took my own sneak peek and can’t wait to discover the creator from Pan’s Labyrinth! 🙂
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it sounds interesting
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I really love all the wonderful pictures in this book.
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I love reading Book Blogs cause I find so many new, great books — like this one!
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