The Bravest Knight
By (Author) Mercer Mayer
Penguin Putnam Inc
Dial Books for Young Readers,US
10th May 2007
United States
Children
Fiction
Hardback
32
Width 213mm, Height 286mm, Spine 10mm
414g
I wish I lived a thousand years ago. There would be beautiful castles, kings and queens, good knights, bad knights, fair ladies in danger, evil dragons from the mountains, and a giant troll that roars and eats anything. What kid hasn_x0092_t dreamed of living in fairy-tale times_x0097_hasn_x0092_t imagined himself as the bravest knight in all the land (or at least the knight_x0092_s faithful squire). As he has done in his celebrated There_x0092_s a Nightmare in My Closet and its follow-ups, Mercer Mayer brings childhood fantasy hilariously to life here. Bad knights are forced to pick flowers for the king, a day_x0092_s adventure involves rescuing a cat from a tree, and our hero boldly fights a fire-breathing dragon using his trusty slingshot. This silly charmer, originally published in 1968 as Terrible Troll, has been entirely redone in vivid color. It_x0092_s a rediscovered gem with timeless appeal.
Mercer Mayer lives in New England.