"The Knight and the Dragon" by Tomie dePaola

"A bumbling knight meets a clumsy dragon in a duel you'll never forget!"

 

"While modern picture book conventions have led to countless stories of bloodless dragons and bumbling knights, none of the rest has a library lady and such winning pictures." School Library Journal

 

"In this whimsical spoof . . . dePaola ingeniously provides the perfect arena for the meeting of these two willing but clumsy creatures." Booklist

 

softcover book, 32 pages

Target Age: 4 to 8

Reading Level: 3.5