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Illustrated by
Thomas Docherty.
Mouse Leo, a "gentle knight," is a bookworm. His parents, wanting him to be more traditionally knightly, encourage him to go off and tame a dragon. He sets out with the most unknightly of weapons: books. The rhymes canter along, and the plucky acrylic-ink and watercolor art subverts expectations of classic knight tales: no character herein could hurt a fly.