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Do Knights Take Naps?

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My two year old son loves this book. It has well-drawn, colorful illustrations and rhyming text. The rhymes are musical enough that we've been reading it as a bedtime story for about two weeks, and though it's a little complex for a two year old, my son can "read" most of it to me. While it doesn't contain the blood and gore you'd usually associate with knights, it does have jousts, dragons, swords and flails - all presented in a non-frightening way - so it's perfect for bedtime adventure.

Buy this book and enjoy reading it out loud to your little ones.

Kathy Tucker and Nick Sharratt have gotten together and authored a marvelous and creative picture book that tells you everything you ever wanted to know about knights, and more. Each chapter, written in joyful rhythmic verse and complemented with bright, busy, detailed artwork tells the reader a little more about the life of a knight. Find out how you get to be a knight in the first place, what he does for a living (fights bad princes and fiery dragons), what he wears, how he accessorizes and where he lives. Then, look into what bad princes and fiery dragons do that's so awful and how a knight fights and beats them. And finally discover the really important information, every would-be knight needs to know: Do knights get to eat candy, watch T.V. and take naps? Do Knights Take Naps? is a charming, witty and humorous book that's perfect for emerging readers and also makes a wonderful read aloud story the entire family will enjoy.

Hat's off to these two authors for creating a book about this subject that is intriguing to boys yet non-violent. My son who is 4 loves us to for us to read it to him again and again. It's the best book on knights I have found for his age! We checked it out at the library, kept it until it was way overdue and then had to buy our own!!

I love this book. I've read it many times for Storytime at my Library.
It is sooooo cute and colorful that I know I can keep the children's attention.
Also I love how each knight has their own heraldrey so I often have the children create their own after we read the book.

I'm excited to read this team's other books. My 3 year absolutely loves this book. It's the perfect combination of learning and fun. And, it sent the message that naps aren't just for babies. Really well done.