A reassuring novelty bedtime book with knights and dragons about overcoming prejudices and becoming friends!

Every night, when their daddies tuck them in, Little Knight dreams of fierce knight-eating dragons and Little Dragon dreams of dangerous dragon-slaying knights. But one dark, stormy night, their two worlds collide and Little Dragon and Little Knight discover that they both have teddy bears and cuddly blankets - and they're not scary at all! "It's silly to hunt each other!" they tell their daddies. And so it is. Simple language and powerful imagery shows up the nature of mistaken prejudices and uncovers the universality of night-time fears by using characters who are naturally scared of each other. The result is a reassuring bed-time book with a difference.

Every night, when their daddies tuck them in, Little Knight dreams of fierce knight-eating dragons and Little Dragon dreams of dangerous dragon-slaying knights. But one dark, stormy night, their two worlds collide and Little Dragon and Little Knight discover that they both have teddy bears and cuddly blankets - and they're not scary at all! "It's silly to hunt each other!" they tell their daddies. And so it is. Simple language and powerful imagery shows up the nature of mistaken prejudices and uncovers the universality of night-time fears by using characters who are naturally scared of each other. The result is a reassuring bed-time book with a difference.

Every night, when their daddies tuck them in, Little Knight dreams of fierce knight-eating dragons . . . and Little Dragon dreams of dangerous dragon-slaying knights.
But one stormy night, they make an astonishing discovery ? and night-time in the time of knights and dragons is never the same again!
A wonderfully reassuring bedtime story for little ones with a fabulous foldout, flaps and other surprises inside!

Jane Clarke is the talented poet and author of successful picture books including Dippy's Sleepover and G.E.M. She has also written Only Tadpoles Have Tails and Sherman Swaps Shells, in the Flying Foxes series. Jane currently lives in Kent with two big labradors and a collection of fossils, rocks and shells.

2008-05-24 Clever, simple, smooth bed-time (and not only) story

With fantastic pictures that are going to keep dads busy looking at them, the night-time fears of the children (and the adults) can be discussed and processed in a smooth way. The unexpected is part of the adventurous story that will keep the young minds in attendance, but in a clever way other type of fears (the "knight-time" fears of the different, or the stereotyped threat) can find a way to be addressed.

I found it very useful with children of minorities and I guess useful for everyone in the diverse society we live.