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Illustrated · ages 7–10

Hilda and the White Woff

Written by Stephen Davies · Illustrated by Sapo Lendário

Book 6 of 9 in Hilda Chapter BooksView the full series

Part of the Hilda universeOpen the collection

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Adults love it too

A lively later Hilda tie-in with creature encounters, mystery and the familiar Hilda-and-Twig dynamic. It works well for readers who want the Netflix world in a prose-led format with plenty of illustrations.

  • Best for7–10
  • FormatIllustrated
  • Length192 pp
  • Read aloud~2 hr45 min
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The vibe

What it’s like.

Style

  • Conversational
  • Comedic

Tone

  • Adventurous
  • Whimsical
  • Funny
  • Suspenseful

Themes

On the pagewhite woff, magical creatures, twig, trolberg, creature encounters, folklore mystery, adventure

Experience meters

Energy4/ 5
Humour3/ 5
Scariness4/ 5
Peril5/ 5
Wonder5/ 5
Cosiness3/ 5
Emotional intensity4/ 5
Conceptual intensity3/ 5

What’s it about?

The story.

Hilda and Twig return for another illustrated chapter-book adventure based on the Netflix series, with strange creatures, comic complications and the sense that Trolberg's magical world is always closer than most people realise. As Hilda follows her curiosity into another unusual mystery, she has to balance bravery with care, learning once again that the creatures adults fear or misunderstand often have stories of their own. This sixth tie-in keeps the series' accessible prose, generous illustrations and gentle sense of suspense, making it suitable for children who have grown comfortable with the earlier books. It is especially good as a bridge from screen to page: familiar characters and settings provide confidence, while the chapter format gives developing readers a more substantial independent-reading experience.

Fit check

Right for your child?

Where it lands by age

  • 1
  • 3
  • 5
  • 7
  • 9
  • 11
  • 13
  • Best fit · 7–10
  • Read aloud · 6–9
  • Independent · 7–10

Prose load

Moderate

Visual support

Moderate

Reluctant-reader friendly

Very

Read-aloud quality

Workable

Works well for

  • Reading together
  • Reluctant readers
High sensitivity2 content warnings

Preview before sharing if a child is sensitive to: scary imagery, violence.

Bedtime suitability

3 / 5 · Workable

Sensitive-child

1 / 5 · Tough fit

Graphic intensity

4 / 5 · Notable

Best for

  • Tv to book bridge
  • Hilda fans
  • Creature mystery
  • Illustrated reading
  • Gentle fantasy

Avoid if

  • Prefers realistic stories
  • Dislikes tv tie ins
  • Wants very calm reading

Particularly good for children who are…

  • Reluctant reader
  • Making friends
  • Nightmares or fears

In the classroom

How it works in school.

Illustrated Hilda adventures — a classroom-library pick for fans of the comics moving into longer reads.

Classroom role

  • Classroom library

A book children love that happens to support school — never a stand-in for the texts a class is taught with. Reviewed for the classroom · June 2026.

Why it lands

Why they love it.

Why kids love it

The specific pull is the rare-creature sighting — a White Woff is the kind of half-myth animal everyone in Trolberg has heard about and nobody has seen. Hilda follows the rumour, and a seven-year-old reading it gets the satisfaction of a quiet cryptid mystery.

  • Secret world
  • Animal companions
  • Adventure and freedom
  • Making a difference

Why parents love it

The Hilda chapter-book for the cryptid-curious reader — Hilda tracks a half-mythical creature most adults assume isn't real. Brisk, illustrated, Pearson's tone intact. Reliable mid-series pick once a child knows the world.

  • Shared humour
  • Quick to read
  • Beautiful illustrations
  • Bedtime appropriate

In the series

Hilda Chapter Books.

9 books · open the series →

About the creators

About the creators.

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Stephen Davies

Writer · United Kingdom

Stephen Davies is a British author best known to children's-book readers as the writer of the Hilda chapter-book novels, middle-grade prose extensions of Luke Pearson's Hilda graphic novel universe, including Hilda and the Fairy Village, Hilda and the Hidden People, Hilda and the Ghost Ship, Hilda and the Nowhere Space and others. Davies' Hilda voice is faithful to Pearson's world, Scandinavian-fantasy, slightly melancholy, mythologically curious, while opening it up to longer-form prose adventures. He has also written stand-alone middle-grade fiction (Outlaw, The Yellowcake Conspiracy) and a number of West-African-set picture books drawing on his time living in Burkina Faso. A core gateway author for Hilda graphic-novel readers ready for prose-length adventures.

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Sapo Lendário

Illustrator · Brazil

Sapo Lendário is a Brazilian illustrator best known to UK children's-book readers as the visual partner on Stephen Davies's Hilda chapter-book novels, middle-grade prose extensions of Luke Pearson's Hilda graphic-novel universe, including Hilda and the Fairy Village, Hilda and the White Woff, Hilda and the Faratok Tree and Hilda and the Laughing Merman. Sapo Lendário's style stays faithful to Pearson's Hilda visual language while bringing their own warmth and atmosphere to the prose-novel interior illustration. They also illustrate for a range of other middle-grade and picture-book titles. A reliable visual signal of Hilda-universe chapter-book reading for ages 7–11.

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