Valeria Wicker

First sentence: It was a dark and stormy, tummy-rumbling night. Sir Julian was eager for dinner. He spotted Mom's new recipe: Fusion Fondue. "Eat! It's healthy!" Mom said. But it looked and smelled deadly, like dragon's ooze.

Premise/plot: "Sir" Julian refuses to eat supper (though he pretends) and so later that night he's hungry enough to go on the prowl. This "brave knight" will face his fears as he seeks out a night-time snack. What will he find in the refrigerator to snack on?

My thoughts: I wanted to like this one. But to be perfectly honest I found it meh. I'm torn between two stars and three stars. This one had potential, in my opinion, it just personally disappointed. I am not at all saying that it will disappoint other readers. This is in some ways your typical picky eater picture book with the addition of the protagonist having a knight-obsession. It is imaginative enough in some ways. Just wasn't quite for me. I think one thing in its favor--and I do try to find positives in what I read--is that it has LOTS of descriptions/descriptive words. For example, "His nose twitched. His mouth gagged. But hunger was like a ferocious, five-horned, fire-breathing dragon."… (mehr)