Children's books

Watercolour illustration: Sir Hugo, in a white tabard with a red H, charges on a dappled grey horse at a black knight on a black horse, whose ghostly double blurs behind him, while a crowd cheers under bunting.

Sir Hugo and the Tournament

A mysterious Black Knight wins every joust. Sir Hugo and the short-sighted Sir Colin set out to find the trick.

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Sir Hugo’s armour has shrunk (it definitely isn’t the cake), and his piggy bank is empty. So when a jousting tournament offers a purse of gold coins, he signs up at once.

But there’s a mysterious new knight on the list. The Black Knight wins every joust, and nobody can land a single blow on him. It’s as if he isn’t quite there at all…

With the help of his short-sighted friend, Sir Colin, Sir Hugo sets out to uncover the trick before the final joust.

Form
Illustrated children's story
Genre
Children's fiction, Fairy tale, Humour, Mystery
Themes
Friendship; Jousting and knights; Solving a mystery
Series
Knights of the Tall Fable, book 2
Length
2,300 words
Publisher
Tall Fable Books
ISBN (paperback)
978-1065498735