Good Knight, Bad Knight and the Flying Machine

By Author / Illustrator

Tom Knight (Illustrator and Author)

Genre

Early Readers & Young Fiction

Age range(s)

Publisher

Templar Publishing

ISBN

9781783708130

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

14-05-2020

Synopsis

Cousins Good Knight (Godwin) and Bad Knight (Berk) are helping their friends Willow and Warrick and their families fix up their falling-down cottage. When Warrick botches a spell, he and his sister are banned from doing magic. Desperate for something to bring him fame and fortune, Warrick decides to build a flying machine.The friends' early test flights all end in disaster, so they travel to the mountains to study the best flyers of all - eagles. What they find there is a dragon with a dangerous grudge and very bad breath.Will they make the machine, tame the vengeful dragon and get back to Godwin's island in time to defeat marauding barbarians?Hold onto your helmets for a new armour-rattling adventure from Tom Knight!

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Reviews

Good Knight, Bad Knight and the Flying Machine follows three characters; Warrick, Godwin and Berk who live in the medieval times. It begins with them stirring a great, big barrel of poo which is bound to capture children's attention! When they start to use magic, their adventures get even more bizarre and interesting. With catapults, dragons and lots of chickens, there is plenty of fun for children to explore.

With 21 relatively short chapters, this story is a great length to start to challenge young readers with their stamina. It includes a child-friendly glossary at the back to explain medieval words which they may not understand.

It includes a good level of vocabulary to challenge young readers without being too overwhelming

175 Pages / Reviewed by Lucy Newton, teacher