King Arthur's Very Great Grandson
Author(s): Kenneth Kraegel
Newcomer Kenneth Kraegel wryly draws from myth and legend to craft a daring and inventive tale to delight adventurers of all ages.
Henry Alfred Grummorson is the great-great-great-great-great-greatgreat grandson of Arthur, King of Britain. On his sixth birthday, adorned with a helmet and sword, Henry goes in search of adventure. He challenges a fire-breathing dragon to a fight, but the dragon prefers a game of blowing smoke rings. A cyclops wants only to have a staring contest. Even the griffin will not engage in "a battle to the uttermost" of the type Henry desires. Desperate for a real battle, strength against strength, might against might, Henry seeks out the fearsome leviathan. Has he met his match at last -- or might he find something he didn't know he was looking for? Children bold and imaginative will relate to Henry's quest -- and smile at its unintended consequences.
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Debut author Kraegel proves he's a talent to be reckoned with. He has a Monty Pythonesque sense of language, humor, pacing, and character--the text's mixture of bombastic and deadpan deliveries makes for a stirring read-aloud. This fine sense of the epically absurd also animates Kraegel's rococo watercolor and ink renderings: in his hands, a dragon's scales coalesce into an intricate mosaic, a tree is a swirl of mazelike lines, and the sea becomes a tangled mass of blue ribbons.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
General Fields
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- : Candlewick Press (Ma)
- : Candlewick Press (Ma)
- : 0.567
- : 01 June 2012
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Kenneth Kraegel
- : Hardback
- : Kenneth Kraegel
- : 40