The Knight Who Said No — Lucy Rowland

The perfect picture book for children who have discovered the power of the word NO Ned the knight ALWAYS does exactly what he s told When his parents ask him to pick up his toys dig up the cabbages or go to bed on time he does it all with a smile And when the dragon swoops into town every night he always runs inside just as he s asked But one morning instead of saying yes he says NO He will NOT help his dad find his shield his arrow or his bow and he will certainly NOT let the butcher go past That night he refuses to go inside and in doing so he confronts the dragon making a very unlikely friend This rambunctious rhyming picture book is a brilliantly observed portrait of children s behaviour with vibrant detailed illustrations by the enormously talented Kate Hindley Children and adults alike will fall in love with little crosspatch knight Ned and the very cute and lonely dragon he befriends Lucy Rowland is a children s speech and language therapist has written many picture books including the highly successful Pirate Pete and His Smelly Feet and Little Red Reading Hood Kate Hindley has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and won the Sainsbury s Children s Book Award Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free Stories Aloud audio recording just scan the QR code and listen along