A GOOD KNIGHT FOR DRAGONS

by Roger Bradfield ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1967

Cedric, the Prince of the perennially silly grin, lives in a mustard and shocking pink world ruled by his mother and presided over by his father, formerly a formidable dragon-slayer. An anachronistic dragon shows up and Cedric, suited out in pink polka dotted armor several sizes too big (to grow into) with a jelly sandwich and marshmallow lunch, goes dutifully out to fight it--but not before he washes his hands and combs his hair. Leaving the heavy armor on the fat, blind, deaf old horse while he beds down for the night, he wakes up to find that the old nag, the empty suit of armor and the army have chased the fiery beast away. The polka dotted suit becomes a flower pot and the protesting prince, a king. The two-tone cartoons are as cavalierly silly as the text, and the whole is an unnecessary addition to the over-populated land of inept knights and deadly (dull) dragons.

Pub Date: April 1, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Young Scott

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1967

Categories: CHILDREN'S