The Bravest Knight

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Call Number: E MAY, Kids Book / Picture Books / General / Mayer, Mercer
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E MAY	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / General / Mayer, Mercer	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	E MAY	4-week checkout	Due 05-22-2024

Originally published in 1968 by Dial Press under title: Terrible Troll.
A little boy imagines the adventures he would have if he lived a thousand years ago and was the squire of a bold knight who fought dragons and trolls.

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The Bravest Knight submitted by SBNB on August 2, 2017, 11:58am This is a cute book. We especially liked the ending.

Not Mayer's best effort submitted by FordAlpha on August 14, 2018, 9:11pm The full-color, pen-and-ink illustrations are appealing, but the story is fairly weak. "The Bravest Knight", it turns out, is not the young boy shown on the cover, but an imaginary hero whose squire the boy pretends to be. Their imaginary adventures are lively enough, but the end is a head-scratcher. When the knight fails to emerge from the troll's castle, shouldn't the kid plunge in after him, tickle the troll or something, and emerge as victorious savior of the hapless grownup? Here, he just decides that the Medieval life isn't for him after all. So much for "Bravest".