Good Night, Good Knight (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) by Shelley Moore Thomas

Good Night, Good Knight (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) Reviews

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  Adele

  The best of the best.
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  Manik Sukoco

  Delightful beginning reader that is also a delight as a bedtime, good night book. It centers around the efforts of a knight to help three little dragons get to sleep with the usual glasses of water, bedtime stories and a lullaby. Repetition in words, actions and illustrations both facilitate its function as an early reader and as a sleep inducer. Vocabulary like, crumbly tumbly tower, clippety-clop make it fun and the juxtaposition of the very loud roars the knight hears and the little dragons with their jammies on and their inocent requests are delicious. The story may remind readers of "The Wolf's Chicken Stew."
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  Leslie

  Checked out a bunch of these Good Knight books from our library for my reluctant 6 year old reader to read. He loves knights and quests and all that and I thought these would be fun to read. They are supposed to be beginner readers but one quick glances assured me that like most so-called beginner readers, this is not. It's more appropriate for your average 2nd grader. Of course a gifted young enthuisastic reader can read this unaided, but a reluctant child having difficulties couldn't read this in kindergarden or first grade without help. However, I believe we could read this together happily because the subject matter and adorable super cute illustrations keep him interested and he can read most the words himself with just a wee bit of prompting from me.
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  AnnaBnana

  I wasn't totally enamored with this book, but I thought it was pretty cute. It would be fun for read aloud, as well as appropriate for early-independent reading. I really liked the text repetition, which could make reading aloud interesting as the knight gets more and more exasperated, but would also be good for confidence building in an early reader. Plus, the story is pretty cute and I can see a kid thinking it's totally funny.
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  Amanda

  This is my 6-year old's favorite book collection. After checking out various "Good Knight" books from the library, we finally just bought them. Very, very worth it.
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  Van

  There needs much patience to be a good man. When feeling lonely, all it needs is someone's attention, sympathy and comfort.
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  Jessica Emly

  Good Night, Good Knight, by Shelley Moore Thomas, is a clever patterned bedtime story about a knight who takes on the rather daunting task of putting three little dragons to bed. When the Good Knight hears a loud roar in the forest while on his watch, he goes to investigate only to find that it is a little dragon who needs a glass of water before he can settle in for bed. Being the Good Knight that he is, he gives the dragon his water and tucks him in to bed, returning to his post. However, the Good Knight finds himself returning to the cave several times over the course of the evening to help the dragons get settled in for bed before the story ends with him heading in and calling it a night as well. The story has quite a humorous tone that readers both young and old can appreciate, as you can't help but feel sorry for this poor but well-intentioned knight who keeps having to return back to the cave over and over again to satisfy these rather high maintenance dragons. The rhyming and repetitive nature of this book makes it perfect for early readers, ideally late Kindergarten through 2nd grade. The simple, colorful and cartoonish illustrations also cater perfectly to this age range. This book would make a super fun class read aloud, and could be perfect for launching a lesson on homophones!
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  Lynn A. Davidson

  The good knight hears a loud roar in the forest when he is on watch on the castle tower. When he goes to find out what it is he finds three baby dragons on need of some parenting.
  The story has repetition, humour, and fun, and great illustrations.
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  Rebecca Whitney

  This is a wonderful book for kids who are just starting to gain the confidence to read longer books themselves. The repetition, the silly illustrations, and the funny twist on a traditional bedtime story make this a great one for first and second graders who are ready for a bit of a challenge!
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  Kelly Pontes

  I’ll
  Happily read this book to the kiddos every night. Not sure what it is but I love both the repetition and the kind hearted nature of the good knight. And baby dragons in pjs? So cute! Living in a house overflowing with kiddo books this is a hidden gem!
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  Shannon Bradbury

  A really cute read about a knight who is getting ready for bed. Then he hears a noise. Three little dragons are the sound of the noise. And they want a bedtime story. You’ll have to read the book to find out what happened next.
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  Rachel

  So cute!!
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  Kathy Maggiacomo

  Nice play on words (Night and Knight)
  A very relate able story for kids. What do they do when they go to bed?
  Cute ending
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  Mandy

  Great bedtime story.
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  Renee

  I personally relate to the knight saying, "This is too much."
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  Kimberly

  D'awwww. This was cute!
  
  Great use of repetition and sound effects.
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  Danielle

  This book was so cute and fun! I got it at the library even though it was a little young for my girls. They still loved it ;)
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  Chrissy Muller

  This is absolutely a bedtime story. For this reason, I'm not sure that I would keep it in my classroom library, I don't think that my students would really enjoy reading about little dragons falling asleep. Possibly if I end up teaching a very young grade (kindergarten or preschool) I could read this book to my kids before nap time! I like that this story is about a Knight helping out little dragons. This sort of goes against the norm of how fairytale stories typically play out with this list of characters. I couldn't really tell what this book was about from looking at the cover, however, I understood after reading about the first dragon. That made me think that this was going to be a sort of "Three Little Pigs" story, but it wasn't quite the same. The whole book book was pretty repetitive, but overall, I thought this was a very nice story, and would recommend it to a very young group of students.
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  Laura

  We're wrapping up a dinosaur unit with first grade and the final library media lesson compares dragons and dinosaurs. I chose a few fun and quick books featuring dragons, including Good Night, Good Knight. As soon as I held it up, five students lit up and exclaimed that they LOVE this book.
  
  Even though it's an easy reader book, it still makes a great, though long and somewhat repetitive, read aloud. We loved the sound effects and I enjoyed giving the dragons and knight voices.
  
  I don't think that this is a story to build a lesson around but it made a fun, quick read aloud. Since the dragons are getting ready for bed, it definitely is very much a bedtime story. Recommended for ages 4 - 6. Younger, experienced listeners will also like it as a read aloud.
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  Jenne

  this book is not just about bedtime but offers an example of a male lead character learning nurturing skills. in this way, this book is an excellent child friendly introduction to solving sleep problems. parents could use this to teach parenting skills to their children, in preparation for being future parents, as well as the jumping off point for a discussion of efficient sleep routines at home and night time. this is an excellent conversation book lending itself more for daytime reading rather than night time.
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  Samantha Weatherford

  I loved this series of books! This particular book is about the routine of going to bed. It is great for sequencing and has alot of repititous phrases that help the young reader through the text. The illustrations are very animated and kid friendly, with each little dragon having little wings. it tells the tale of the three little dragon, and each book the Good Knight who is their good friend, helps them solve a little problem. This book has alot of text, so it would be a good read aloud for younger grades, and then could be used as an independent book later.
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  Julia

  Three little dragons agree to take care of the wizard's cats while he is on vacation but they can't read so they don't know how to follow his instructions. A comedy of errors ensues where they do a bunch of things the cats really don't like until the Good Knight helps them figure things out and then begins teaching them to read.
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  Dolly

  This is a fun little tale that is perfect to read at bedtime. The narrative is simple, repetitive and still short enough to hold the attention of a preschooler and the illustrations are very cute. It's not an easy-reader per se, but easy enough for 1st or 2nd graders to read alone. Our oldest read this book to our youngest tonight at bedtime and I just had to read through it myself afterward.