My granddaughter really enjoyed it and the color pictures as well. I must read this again to the other grandkids, I'm sure that they will like it just as much.

Join the beautiful world of the storybook knight If you enjoyed Snatchabook, which is wonderful, then this tale will be sure to tickle your fancy! Step out into the night with an adorable knight, who has a superpower! One we all have, if we only embrace it. Stories! They rhyming limericks will whisk you away into another world!.

This has been a read aloud in many of our elementary classrooms. Students seem to really enjoy it and want to take it home to read with their siblings.

I read and reviewed this book with my son for the blog tour, and I have included both of our reviews below.

*From my 8-year-old son:*

I really loved this book and I really loved it because it teaches a good lesson about how you don’t always have to bully or be tough. And I also really liked it because it was a heartwarming story and it taught a really good lesson about how you can always connect through a book and you don’t have to connect through fighting, and no matter how someone looks you can always be their friend and it’s really good to have friends that are different from you. The last reason I really liked this book is the illustrations and the way the author wrote it, and I loved the whole book a ton!

*From me:*

When THE SNATCHABOOK came out in 2013 (has it really been 3 years already??), I immediately bought a copy for my son because I’d heard such great comments from some early-reader teachers and kidlit reviewers on Twitter. I’m so glad I did, because my son and I fell in love with the book, with both the story and the beautiful illustrations. So when I saw that Sourcebooks Jabberwocky was putting together a blog tour for the Dochertys’ newest release, I jumped on it! And, no surprise, The Storybook Knight is just as delightful as its predecessor.

I absolutely love Thomas Docherty’s illustrations here, they are whimsical and sweet, fitting perfectly with the story that’s told. I love how Helen Docherty tells her story in rhyme; you never feel like the words are forced, as can happen with some rhyming stories. Ms. Docherty’s rhymes all feel natural and organic, and there’s never any use of weird words or tortured half-rhymes! It’s a perfect way to tell the story for kids around 4 to 9 years old, but obviously enjoyable to kids of any age :)

I was actually so proud of my son when I asked him his thoughts about this book the first time we read it. He had instantly zeroed in on the overarching theme, which is the power of stories. What he said above is 100% in his own words, and I agree with him completely. I love that our intrepid little knight, Leo, brings a load of books with him on the way to “subdue” the fearsome dragon causing havoc in a nearby village. He is always able to connect with the different “monsters” he encounters by reading and then giving them a book, and he helps them understand that they don’t have to fight and be mean but can instead lose (and find!) themselves in the pages of a story. As my son said the first time we read this, you might meet someone who looks different from you or someone you might think is bad, but you can always read a story together!

Something that my son didn’t articulate, though, which I think is especially important and which shines through TSK, is the power of representation. Whether it is the griffin, the troll, or the dragon that Leo encounters, he seems to instinctively know how important it will be for them to see themselves in the pages of a book. This is somewhat of a hot topic in kidlit (and YA) these days, the idea of books as mirrors and the need for more diversity of characters, experiences, and stories. Here, in such a forthright and simple way that it’s almost subliminal, the Dochertys help kids - and adults! - understand that there are a number of different ways in which stories and words have power, one of the most important being that we see ourselves reflected in them. It is crucial that all kids have this experience of seeing themselves reflected in the books they read, and I hope that THE STORYBOOK KNIGHT can help us all see that more clearly.

Thanks so much to Liz Kelsch and Sourcebooks Jabberwocky for providing my son and I with a gorgeous copy of THE STORYBOOK KNIGHT and allowing us to take part in this blog tour!

Rating: 5 stars for showing kids how powerful stories can be!

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! When Leo is sent to find a way to get rid of the dragon, he seems to think that killing them with kindness is best. He sets off with his shield and sword and a bunch of his books. As the story progresses, Leo has a story for everyone whose path he crosses. That seems to make all the difference along the way. This is told through lovely, colorful illustrations and a rhyming pattern all children will anticipate and enjoy.

What was there not to love about this book. The storyline and the illustrations are superb. My grand children love it.