Knight Night by Owen Davey
Templar, 2011. ISBN 9781848772182.
(Age: 3+) Going to bed each night can be a routine experience. You
go down the hallway, climb the stairs, have a bath, brush your
teeth, say goodnight to your dog and go to your room. You tidy away
your things, climb into bed and turn out the lights. But it can also
be an adventure, especially if you are a knight! In this very
engaging picture book, going to bed becomes a series of amazing
adventures, particularly if you are a little boy with a big
imagination.
A great storybook to share and talk about 'what if . . ' that helps
little ones start to see things from another's perspective. It could
also help them start to develop a sense of time passing as they
investigate the pictures and begin to build a great vocabulary of
things medieval. I can imagine a brilliant class mural evolving out
of this. It also lends itself to some maths sequencing activities as
bedtime routines are examined and compared and vocabulary such as
before, after, next between is developed, as well as a introduction
to telling the time. Rich in many respects, Knight Night is
recommended for those from 3+.
Barbara Braxton