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Troll Family Adventures Books in Order

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Find the Troll Family Adventures books in order by Thomas L Tedrow, with short summaries, series background, and help deciding where to start.

Last updated: July 12, 2026

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Troll Family Adventures books in publication order

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Kidnapped to Center of Earth

by Thomas L Tedrow

1993

An earthquake opens the MoleTrolls' underground world and little Tabby Troll is carried off. Her siblings, Trixie and Toby, race belowground to rescue her from a strange world beneath their feet.

Troll Family Adventures books in chronological order

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    Kidnapped to Center of Earth

    by Thomas L Tedrow

    1993Troll Family Adventures, Book 1

Series background & context

The Troll Family Adventures books are built around a very direct, very child-friendly idea: something frightening happens close to home, and siblings have to go after the one they love. In the available published story, an earthquake opens the underground home of the MoleTrolls, four-year-old Tabby Troll is carried off, and her older sister and brother, Trixie and Toby, have to bring her back.

At heart, it is a rescue tale.

That matters because the emotional center is easy to understand from the start. The danger is not abstract and it is not world-ending. A little sister is gone. The older children have to be brave fast. That gives the story urgency without making it feel harsh. Readers are pulled forward by the oldest engine in children's adventure fiction, the trip into the unknown for the sake of family.

The series title points toward a broader troll world, but even this one story gives a clear sense of the appeal. Tedrow is working with underground passages, strange creatures, and the thrilling idea that there is a whole hidden society just below ordinary ground. The phrase center of the earth sounds grand, yet the scale stays personal. This is not a giant epic about saving civilization. It is a family quest through tunnels, darkness, and unfamiliar territory.

Because the book is short and illustrated, the tone seems aimed at younger readers and read-aloud audiences. The suspense comes from movement, separation, and discovery rather than from violence or complicated mythology. Trixie and Toby do not need to become larger-than-life heroes. They just need to keep going, trust each other, and face a place that is bigger and stranger than home. That makes the adventure feel accessible, even when the setting turns wild.

Small trolls, big problem.

So if you land on Troll Family Adventures, expect a compact fantasy with sibling teamwork at its center. The fun is in the descent, the search, and the promise that courage can come from ordinary family bonds. It reads like the opening to a larger story world, but it also works neatly as a self-contained trip underground, one that mixes gentle peril, imaginative creatures, and the comfort of knowing exactly what the heroes are trying to do.

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