4th August 2016, Scholastic, 32 pages, Paperback, Review copy
Summary from Scholastic
Why should a knight have to fight? What’s so great about scaring people,
anyway? Leo the mouse is a little knight who likes to read books, not
fight. The others laugh – but he doesn’t care what people say.
After all: how do you tame a dragon? How do you stop an angry troll?
What should you do if a griffin attacks you? We bet you think a knight
should draw his sword and fight! But Leo knows that most monsters just
want to enjoy a nice cosy chat. And if you read them a story, they really love that. Especially if it’s about them…
Nayu's thoughts
This is the cleverest knight I've ever met! It's an unrequested
read which I was thrilled to receive because Leo is adorable!! Minus
the feathered bits of his tail, which I wasn't keen on. This is a
book to gush over, from how all the characters are wearing medieval
type clothes, the level of detail in the
pictures which told a whole story by themselves and made me think of
my beloved Bramley Hedge which is also about mice who wear clothes.
So
before I got past the first few pages I already adored the tale. I
think it's good that Leo is a boy who loves read because hopefully it
will encourage readers to pick up a book that they are interested in.
He manages to calm every beast without resorting to fighting which is
a positive message for readers to hear. Leo has a trusty steed who
made me giggle because Old Ned was almost always eating! There were
few pages when he wasn't munching something.
The shape of Old Ned
instantly made me think of Thelwell ponies, who I haven't read for at
least 20 years so have gone and bought an omnibus to laugh over (even
though I feared horses when I was little, like now I enjoyed fictnal
ones). This is such an incredible book, you must read it!!!
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