Frances Watts

From Cockburn Libraries (Australia): "My friend Fred eats dog food for breakfast. I think dog food is disgusting. My friend Fred howls at the moon. I don't know why. He does a lot of funny things. But even though we are different, Fred is my best friend."

In this adventure, Tommy gets a chance to join the Flamant Tournament when one of the squire's is injured. Of course, she can't ride so there's a bit of a learning curve. Straightforward adventure with talking animals and ghosts inhabiting swords. I liked the crocodile helping Tommy to learn to ride. Target audience 3.5 stars. My rating 2.

It's Lady Beatrix's birthday and to celebrate, Sir Walter is throwing a party filled with games and entertainment and competition for all to compete in. Pigeon is also feeling left out when it seems Sir Walter has adopted a falcon chick. The one was alright, not as much action as the last two. I liked Mrs Moon practising for the egg and spoon race and that Lady Beatrix the Bored gets into the sack race. But it was a bit boring otherwise. 2 stars for me. 3.5 for the target audience.

Flamant Castle has been besieged by pranks, horrible evil pranks - like itching powder and changing salt for sugar and Sir Benedict thinks Tommy is to blame! Well, the answer is much stranger than that. This one was alright, I would've preferred an actual person rather than a ghost that looked like Reynard . 4 stars for target audience. 2 for me.