The Knight of Little Import

Author: Hannah Batsel

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Young knight Charlie cannot find a single beast to slay, until she discovers there are monsters all around, and only she knows what to do to help her town of Little Import.

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Summary

Young knight Charlie cannot find a single beast to slay, until she discovers there are monsters all around, and only she knows what to do to help her town of Little Import.

Description

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.

Awards

Booklist Editor's Choice

Critic Reviews

"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

"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

"[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

About the Author

Hannah Batsel is a book artist and illustrator who fell in love with bookmaking while pursuing a Fine Arts degree at the University of Georgia. She began printing her own illustrated art books on a Vandercook printing press from the 1950s and hand-binding them in small limited editions. Hannah has published two picture books for children: A is for Another Rabbit, inspired by the two rabbits she adopted from her local animal shelter, and The Knight of Little Import, about solving small problems to make a big difference. Hannah Batsel is a book artist and illustrator who fell in love with bookmaking while pursuing a Fine Arts degree at the University of Georgia. She began printing her own illustrated art books on a Vandercook printing press from the 1950s and hand-binding them in small limited editions. Hannah has published two picture books for children: A is for Another Rabbit, inspired by the two rabbits she adopted from her local animal shelter, and The Knight of Little Import, about solving small problems to make a big difference.