The Forgetful Knight
The Forgetful Knight

The Forgetful Knight

Written by Michelle Robinson & illustrated by Fred Blunt
Hardcover
$16.99
$15.80
4 - 8
Reading age
40
Page count
10
Words per page
490L
Lexile measure
Jul 5, 2016
Publication date

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This hilarious, Monty Python–style sendup of the classic knight-and-dragon story comes with jaunty rhymes and a fabulous twist ending Mischief! Mishaps! Dragons! Here’s the story of an intrepid knight, only our narrator can’t quite remember the details. Did that knight carry a sandwich, or a sword? Was he supposed to fight a cat, or a dragon? A hilarious and unpredictable adventure ensues, building through laugh-out-loud rhymes until, at last, the narrator remembers his own role at the center of all the marvelous madness. Fans of Jon Scieszka’s The Stinky Cheese Man, David Ezra Stein’s Interrupting Chicken, all of Patrick McDonnell’s and Mac Barnett’s picture books will love this zany read-aloud adventure.

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    This book was intentionally a little scatterbrained. It made the story fun to read and added some humor, but it did feel a little all over the place. Still a fun story, though it had some violent parts (like a dragon eating a knight, sword-fighting).

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The Creatives Behind the Book

    Author
    Michelle Robinson

    One of Michelle Robinson’s first jobs was writing radio ads. She wrote more than 6,000 before she got bored and moved on to writing stories for children. She now lives in Frome, England with her two children.

    Illustrator
    Fred Blunt

    Fred Blunt never wanted to be an astronaut or drive a train when he grew up. Right from the beginning, he knew he wanted to draw silly pictures for a living. Fred worked on all sorts of projects from advertising to animation, including designing an animated series of interstitials for the BBC. He now works mostly on children’s books. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, with his wife and two young children.

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Book Details

ISBN
9780803740679
Publication Date
July 5, 2016
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Original Publication Date
July 5, 2016
Page Count
40
Words Per Page
10
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
4 - 8 years
Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
2015019779
Lexile® Level
490L
Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
~M
ATOS® Book Level
2.3
Accelerated Reader® Points
0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz
186374
Accelerated Reader Interest Level
LG

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