The Knight and the Dragon

A knight and a dragon gear up to fight each other, but they are equally clueless and not really fierce; A bookmobile librarian (she's got a horse-drawn cart filled with books) dispenses books on how to cook outdoors, and they start up a BBQ restaurant together.

This isn't a wordless book, but there are plenty of wordless panels where the pictures tell the story. A nice twist on the typical dragon book.

This book was hilarious with an unexpected twist at the end involving a librarian (yeah!). I think it would be perfect read aloud to first and second graders.

Both the knight and the dragon had never encountered the other before. The knight practiced slaying a dragon and the dragon practiced blowing fire on a knight. When the day comes to fight the other, the two are awful fighters, they just end up hurting themselves. Instead they open up a BBQ business together.

Cute story of friendship.
2nd-3rd grade reading level

This book was really funny. They way is presents both the Dragon and the Knight as never having battled one of the other is amusing. They both take it upon themselves to learn more about the other and practice how they will go about battling each other. I think this could be helpful in teaching kids, that just because you do not know much information about a specific subject. Does not mean you cannot learn about it. Even when they do battle each other, it does not go according to plan, and I think that is another good point for students to be able to see and show that they do not need to do anything perfect, but that they do need to put in the effort to try new things.

A knight and a dragon go to fight one another but come to realize that neither one of them have done it before so they don't know how to fight. Both of them have to go study up on how to fight and what to use. A librarian comes in and shows them how to do well. A major theme in this book is friendship. The setting does play a small part only because there wouldn't be and knights fighting dragons in today's world.

This is a semi-classic book about a knight and a dragon who decide to fight each other for no real reason other than, I don't know, because that's how it's always been done.

They're not very good at it, but in a very modern twist they find a way to work together to their mutual benefit. They're not even fighting off a bigger baddy!

There are largely wordless sections in the middle, which would be a great place for your kid to pick up the story and tell it to you.

I found this book to be an easy and fun read. There is a lot children can learn from this book like the myths of dragons and the relationship they supposedly had with knights. The illustrations in this book were fun and colorful. The dragon seems to be big and goofy as he takes on similar human characteristics that the knight does. This book does not contain too difficult of vocab, however, it does have some historical objects that some children might not know about. A young child might not know what Armour or a sword is because these are not commonly found anymore. The big message in this story was that you shouldn't always feel obligated to fall into societies stereotypes set for you. Don't be afraid to be different and pursue other show more hobbies! show less