The princess knight
Violetta, a little princess, is determined to become as big and strong as her brothers. She secretly teaches herself to become the bravest and cleverest knight in the land until she must face the king's best knights in a jousting tournament. Will she be ready?
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English German |
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New York :
Scholastic,
2004, c2003.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Summary: | Violetta, a little princess, is determined to become as big and strong as her brothers. She secretly teaches herself to become the bravest and cleverest knight in the land until she must face the king's best knights in a jousting tournament. Will she be ready? |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in Germany by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, 2001. Published in the United Kingdom in 2003 (Somerset : The Chicken House). |
| Physical Description: | [32] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0439536308 : |
| Author Notes: | Her desire to draw magical worlds and her disappointment over the way some stories were written inspired her to write her own children's books. Her book, The Thief Lord, won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the best translated children's book of the year and the Book Sense Book of the Year Award. She has also received the Book Sense Children's Literature Award for Inkheart and Inkspell. Funke has written numerous books including Dragon Rider, When Santa Fell to Earth, Igraine The Brave, Reckless, Saving Mississippi, Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath, Igraine the Brave, and The Princess Knight. Inkheart was adapted into a film. Cornelia Funke was voted into the Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) |
