The Secrets of Flamant Castle: The complete adventures of Sword Girl and friends
Publishing Details
The Secrets of Flamant Castle: The complete adventures of Sword Girl and friends
By (Author) Frances Watts
Illustrated by Gregory Rogers
A&U Children's
A&U Children
26th March 2014
Australia
Classifications
Children
Fiction
823.92
Physical Properties
576
Width 128mm, Height 198mm
642g
Description
Tommy, a kitchen girl at Flamant Castle, dreams of becoming a knight - and when she is made the Keeper of the Blades, caring for all the swords in the castle armoury, it seems like her dream might come true.
But trouble is never far away from Flamant Castle and the Keeper of the Blades is often in the thick of it. Luckily Tommy is both daring and curious, and has a cast of friends ready to help, including Lil the talking cat, the friendly Crocodiddle who lives in the castle moat and her best friend Jasper, the ghost of a young squire who inhabits one of the old swords.
Follow Sword Girl Tommy on six fun fantasy adventures:
The Secret of the Swords
The Poison Plot
Tournament Trouble
The Siege Scare
The Terrible Trickster
Pigeon Problems
'There is energy, excitement, wit and a gentle wisdom in this chapter book series .' Magpies
Reviews
"There is energy, excitement, wit and a gentle wisdom in this chapter book series." --"Magpies"
Author Bio
Frances Watts was born in Lausanne, a small city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and moved to Sydney when she was three. She spent nearly ten years working with some of Australia's most talented children's authors and illustrators before writing a book of her own, Kisses for Daddy, illustrated by David Legge. Their second collaboration, Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books, won the Children's Book Council of Australia's Eve Pownall Award. Her picture book Goodnight, Mice! (illustrated by Judy Watson) was awarded the 2012 Prime Minister's Award.
Gregory Rogers was the first Australian to be awarded the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. His first wordless picture book The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Bard was selected as one of the Ten Best Illustrated Picture Books of 2004 by the New York Times and short-listed for the CBCA Awards, Younger Readers, 2005 and the APA Best Designed Children's Picture Book, 2004. Gregory sadly passed away in 2013.
