Is it good for reading aloud to young children?
Yes, the rhyming text and Stevie Lewis’s colorful illustrations suit reading aloud to young children. A brisk adventure and large, dramatic scenes carry the fairy tale forward.
Fiction · Fantasy · Adventure · Romance
Prince & Knight
Reading facts
✓ Checked- Reading effort
- 2 / 100Light
- Length
- 40 pageslittle bee books · 2018
- Reading time
- 45 minat 50 pages an hour ·
- Pace
- Brisk
- Emotional intensity
- 2 / 5
About 45 min · at 30 minutes a day, about 2 days
Estimated from the page count of this edition. Dense books can take longer than the estimate.
About the book
In a faraway kingdom, a prince accompanies his parents to meet prospective brides, but none of the princesses feels like the partner he wants. When a dragon threatens their homeland, he returns to defend it alongside a knight in shining armor. As they fight together, the prince begins to fall for another man.
Reader notes
Rhyming text and Stevie Lewis's colorful illustrations tell a familiar fairy tale with two male romantic leads. Large, dramatic scenes carry the adventure, while the prince's search for love is treated warmly. It's a picture book for reading aloud to young children.
How it reads
- Writing style
- Direct · Lyrical · Spare
- Tone
- Hopeful · Romantic · Uplifting · Warm
- Structure
- Linear
- Driven by
- Plot · Relationships
- Point of view
- Third person, omniscient
- Setting
- Invented world
Reading complexity
- Writing
- 1 / 5
- Ideas
- 1 / 5
- Structure
- 1 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 1 / 5
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Themes
- Belonging
- Identity
- Love
- Sexuality
Content notes
- Violence
- Mild
- Sexual content
- None
- Swearing
- None
- Substance use
- None
- Abuse
- None
- Self-harm or suicide
- None
Series and reading order
Prince & Knight
- 1Prince & Knight · This book · 2018
Questions readers ask
What kind of romance does it tell?
A warm, hopeful romance between a prince and a knight. The prince finds none of the prospective brides feels right, then begins falling for the man who helps him defend their homeland.
Is there violence or anything frightening?
Yes, there is mild violence as a dragon threatens the kingdom and the prince and knight fight to defend it. Large, dramatic illustrations carry the adventure, while the tone stays warm and hopeful.
How long is it?
40 pages in the little bee books 2018 hardcover edition.
Which edition is shown here?
little bee books · 2018 · Hardcover. ISBN 9781499805529.
What is the order of books in Prince & Knight?
1. Prince & Knight.
How long does it take to read Prince & Knight?
About 45 minutes at 50 pages an hour, based on the 40-page little bee books edition. Dense books can take longer.
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Edition and details
- Publisher
- little bee books
- Publication year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 40
- ISBN
- 9781499805529
- Edition language
- English
- Original language
- English
- First published
- 2018
- Genres and form
- Fiction · Fantasy · Adventure · Romance · Children's · Fable
- Editions
- 5
- Languages
- 2 (English, Unspecified)