Good Knight Sleep Tight
PreSchool-Grade 2–A new baby has joined the royal family introduced inThe Kiss That Missed(Barrons, 2002), and she is very unhappy. The royal cat has destroyed her pillow, and if she cant sleep, nobody in the kingdom gets to sleep. After a miserable night, the king orders his knight to find something soft and fluffy to fill the babys pillow, and thus a great adventure ensues. With the help of his loyal steed, the knight collects fur from the bears, and they slink away bare-bottomed. Unfortunately, the horse finds bear hair too scratchy. Similarly wolf fur is too bristly. Finally, after pushing his horse up a tree, the knight collects enough feathers to fill the princesss pillow. Though soft enough, it doesnt stop her crying. At this point, the young prince, initially unimpressed with his new sister, gives her a cuddle and she contentedly nods off. Mellings delightful pictures are as wacky as the text. Dramatic shifts in perspective and the inclusion of comic-style mini-illustrations add to the absurdity and sense of adventure. Although some of the transitions are a bit abrupt, humor prevails. An engaging bedtime story.–Piper L. Nyman, formerly at Fairfield Civic Center Library, CACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.