another charming heartwarming tale. I identify with Hilda so strongly.

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Hilda meets a Nisse - a being that occupies the world of unused space, where the rules of physics don't quite match up. There's also a big, dark wolf creature on the run of the streets of Trolberg.

The stories are beginning to get more and more involved and character driven. Hilda is one spunky little girl who will do what she can to help those in need. ( )

A large black hound prowls around Trolberg, house spirits called the Nisse are being tossed out onto the street, and Hilda aims to earn her first Sparrow Scout badge - she will solve two mysteries and be a Friend to Animals! ( )

Without a doubt, this is the cutest Hildafolk book yet. Not only does Hilda join her world's version of the Girl Scouts (something which most kids expereicned some version of), but she encounters two kinds of magical creatures! Firs off are the Nisses, who she gets to know when she tries to help one who has been wrongfully banished from his home. Nisses live in the unused spcaes of pepoples houses (sort of an alternate dimension), where the lost things wind up when they fall behind thigns and disappear. Hilda's generosity gets her into trouble when the Nisse that already lives at her house does not welcome the new housemate and the two wind up trashing Hilda's house. At this point in the story Hilda also begins to have run-ins with the mysterious and dangerous Black Hound who has been lurking around the city. It turns out that the Hound is actually the childhood pet of Hilda's Nisse and it has been searching throughout the town for its old friend - and causing chaois wherever it goes! Everything finally works out in the end (I won't ruin the secret), so Hilda gains a new magical friend and gets to stay in the Sparrow Scouts with her human friends. Can't wait til the next Hildafolk book! ( )