The Knight of Little Import - by Hannah Batsel (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Hear ye! Hear ye!

Aspiring knight Charlie is ready to do battle! The only problem? The beasts and brutes are all in bustling Biggerborough, and she's stuck in the wee hamlet of Little Import. Until one day . . . Charlie overhears the local baker lamenting that something has been eating all the pastries. Could it be a Triple-Tier Hungerbeak?!

Much to Charlie's surprise, solving problems caused by small monsters leads to big changes. So begins an epic quest to capture monsters throughout town and find a safe place for them to live . . . in the world's very first monster sanctuary!

Author and illustrator Hannah Batsel brilliantly chronicles Charlie's conquests in a story that celebrates courage, ingenuity, and community.

Review Quotes

"For her collages, Batsel (A Is for Another Rabbit) works with a sweepingly wide range of unfussy materials, including thread, sawdust, and artificial turf--selections true to the spirit of this tale of resourcefulness, improvisation, and pluck. Although the author isn't so artless as to say so, The Knight of Little Import delivers the message that a good imagination is more rewarding than all the money in Biggerborough." --Shelf Awareness

"Batsel's artwork is a mesmerizing display of extraordinary mixed-media collage using a variety of handmade and purchased paper alongside paints, ink, watercolors, embroidery floss, artificial turf, and painted sawdust. Every page, down to the endpapers, is textured, rich, layered, and lovely. Batsel's second book as author-illustrator is quite the achievement."-- starred, Booklist

"[A] playfully interactive story that suggests the grass isn't always greener somewhere else." --Publishers Weekly

"Tongue-in-cheek and not at all of little import." --Kirkus Reviews