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24 pp.
| North-South |
April, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7358-4110-9$17.95
(4)
K-3
Translated by David Henry Wilson.
Illustrated by
Katja Gehrmann.
Sir Hothead, a diminutive but irascible young knight, decides that he's ready to fight a dragon, but when he runs into one, the young fire-breather is as unsuited to tussling as the boy is. There's too much text for such a simple tale, which over-relies on cuteness, but the illustrations, consisting of simple black lines and thick, uniquely colored brush strokes, are redemptive.