Knights and Dragons

Title Knights and Dragons

Stories retold by Joff Brown.

Illustrated by Robert Dunn, Roger Langton and Sara Silcock.

Published by Igloo Books in 2010

Format Hardback

Enter a mysterious world of magical kingdoms and enchanted creatures. Join in the thrill of the adventure with this exciting treasury of stories about brave knights and fire-breathing dragons.

My review

I bought this book as my Lil Monster is going through a dinosaur and dragon phase. The length of the stories means they're great for bedtimes or for those 5/10 minutes you want to fill. The good thing about the book is that in the stories the knights aren't always the heros and the dragons aren't always the bad guys so whether your Lil Monster is a knight or a dragon fan there are stories to suit all.

It's a collection of 20 stories about knights, dragons and mythical creatures. Each story is 8 pages long, with a mixture of text and illustrations.  The cover is lovely, mostly pastel colours with gold effect writing for the title. The picture of a firery dragon, a brave knight on his steed surrounded by a dark forest is a fun cover for the Lil Monsterz and makes it clear what to expect in the stories. The pages also have a gold effect edging which is one of my favourite things about the book.

Personally I was disappointed with this book and the main reason is the poor grammer and punctuation. There are too many mistakes, incorrect punctuation and words either missing or in the wrong order. The stories are copied, not original so I'm not sure if this is the reason for the mistakes. Unfortunately it can effect the flow of the story as you sometimes have to stop and try to figure out what it's meant to say.

It's market price on the back is £14.99, I persoanlly think that that is a lot for what it is. I managed to purchase it for £3 and I would say, if you have a Lil Monster that loves dragons and you can do the same, it is worth a try.

All in all Knights and Dragons is a book that unfortunately doesn't live up to what it could be, due to poor grammer and punctuation. However this point aside it is and can still be an enjoyable book once you get used to it. My Lil Monster still enjoyed having it read at bedtime.