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Knight Times
Dianne Makings
CC BY 4.0Credits & Licence
Originally published by Book Dash. Writer: Dianne Makings. Illustrator: Nicola Anne Smith. Designer: Luke Mateman. Editor: Diane Awerbuck.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; artwork unchanged. Suitabook’s AI guidance is a separate assessment.
Original Book on Book Dash: Knight Times (opens in a new tab)- Reading
- Pause at the shifts in setting and clothing; invite your reader to point out clues in the pictures and decide what might be make-believe before turning the page.
- Themes
- Make-believe and everyday play: The children move between ordinary play and a knightly chase involving a dragon and ruby. The visual shifts invite readers to work out how the fantasy adventure relates to the children’s play.
- Chase and conflict: Lilly and Thinama pursue the dragon and ruby, with swords, shouted challenges and a cliffside scene. The action is depicted as fantasy adventure and playacting; the story does not explain a broader message about fighting.
- Worth knowing
- There are pretend weapons, a dragon with bared teeth, shouted threats and a cliffside predicament. The peril is fantastical, but the pursuit and battle imagery may merit a quick preview.