Christopher Denise

A little owl wants to be a big strong knight, and gets his chance when many knights disappear and more need to be recruited. He struggles to be big and strong and stay awake during the day, so he’s placed on the knight night watch. There he runs into a hungry dragon who wants to eat knights. Unless, that is, owl can offer the dragon something better - pizza!

Very cute story. I loved that the owl didn’t need to change, he was helpful and saved the day and made friends just by being himself. The story seems very serious until the pizza gets involved in a perfect full-page reveal. Great decision with the illustration, along with the fact that the owl is so smol and the knights are so big and we never see their faces. Who ever bought this for my niece has great taste (it was me, I bought it).… (more)