Knight Sir Louis and the Dreadful Damsel (Knight Sir Louis #1)
Published June 11th 2020 by Guppy Books, Paperback
'Knight Sir Louis is an epic non-epic saga'
Stewart Lee, comedian
'A really funny book ... will appeal to anyone who likes adventures and laughing'
Philip Reeve
'What a hero! What a story! Sublime daftness on every page'
Jeremy Strong
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Charge into this hilarious and totally bonkers new series from BAFTA award-winning duo, The Brothers McLeod - perfect for fans of Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates and Mr Gum.
Knight Sir Louis is the bravest knight at King Burt’s court. He has defeated hungry dragons, evil goblins and horrible wizards (but please nobody mention wasps, Knight Sir Louis is absolutely NOT afraid of them). Along with his trusty mechanical steed Clunkalot, and mystical sword (known as ‘Dave’), Knight Sir Louis and his friends are sent to do battle with the Damsel of Distresse, who has been terrorizing the land.
But nothing is as it seems …
Knight Sir Louis finds himself dealing with strong enchantments and powerful magic (as well as potatoes...) and the machinations of his soon to be arch-enemy-nemesis: the Stripy Knight.
(N.B. No potatoes were harmed in the writing of this book.)
User Reviews
Rating: really liked it
My 8-year-old laughed with delighted joy all through this hilariously wacky adventure, which we listened to on audiobook - and if you can get the audiobook, I definitely recommend it, because it was narrated FABULOUSLY (by one of the co-authors, who's also a voice actor) and had fantastic sound effects as well. I only wish Book 2 was also available in audiobook - but since it's not (at least not yet) we're ordering the paperback of it today!
Rating: really liked it
Wat heb ik heerlijk gelachen om dit verrukkelijke boek! Ontmoet Ridder Louis. Hij is een ridder en een hele dappere en sterke. In dit spannende verhaal zien we hoe hij een ridder werd, hoe hij een strijd aangaat met een grote vrouwe, en hoe hij op zoek gaat naar de grote boze Streepjesridder. Het was erg goed geschreven en de vertaling was fantastisch. Ik vond de namen van plekken erg creatief en leuk gedaan. Het is moeilijk om vaak de humor te vertalen maar het is de vertaler gelukt.
De queste was leuk om te lezen en ik zat helemaal in het boek. Ik heb hem ook in een ruk uitgelezen. Gelukkig had ik wat tijd om dat te doen, en ach anders had ik tijd gemaakt. XD
Leuke illustraties. Oh en zoveel aardappels. Ik kijk nu heel anders naar aardappels.
Rating: really liked it
Well this was such a fun and wonderful book to read, especially as I was in a bit of a reading slump and this really helped. This is one of those kids books that adults can easily enjoy too. The story is fun and easy to follow. The illustrations really capture how wonderfully bonkers this world is. I think it would make an amazing animated series, but it’s also an amazing book that everyone should read.
Rating: really liked it
I needed something relaxing and this was it. Silly in the style of Monty Python, with equally bold male and female characters and a completely bonkers plot, accompanied by spot on illustrations. My husband and daughter were already big fans and I rapidly joined them.
Rating: really liked it
My daughters (aged 3 and 5) and I thoroughly enjoyed Knight Sir Louis. From the way it plays with storying telling (certain chapters coming in the form of interviews, reports, songs and even an instruction manual!), the illustrations complimenting most pages and it's eccentric cast of characters.
There were many giggles throughout the story at the sheer madness of it all. Along with a few wrinkled-nosed, “what just happened?!” moments that left us all laughing. At times it felt like reading a loony saturday morning cartoon!
I don't want to give much more away through fears of spoiling any laughs but we'd all thoroughly recommend picking up a copy and have our fingers, toes and parsnips crossed that another adventure is in the pipe-line!
Rating: really liked it
Tremendous fun- this is a wonderfully funny book- for all the kids in your life, no matter their age!
Rating: really liked it
Silly, fast-paced, funny & entertaining! Awesome artwork too.
Rating: really liked it
An absolutely hilarious masterpiece!
Rating: really liked it
You’ll find this in the kids section, but this is one for anybody who enjoys inventive, crazy story telling. It’s pantomime, Game Of Thrones with evil magic potatoes as the enemy instead of dragons (that’s the sequel apparently!)
Rating: really liked it
In the year of Our Llama 802...
Alles wat een goed verhaal nodig heeft: tijdreizen, magie en vriendschap, en aardappelen
Rating: really liked it
very funny very cool i liked it a lot and even snorted a little sometimes!!!!
Rating: really liked it
The kids at work will enjoy this, although i think some of them will enjoy having it read to them and I think their grown-ups will enjoy reading it to them. It's all very silly. I especially liked the names, Lord Pockets being my favourite-definite hints of Milligan and Private Eye there methinks.
Rating: really liked it
Without a doubt this everso slightly bonkers book is one of the funniest, most original and random pieces of children’s literature you will read this year!
Knight Sir Louis, by the Brothers McLeod, is a book that plays with the convention of being a book, as much as does tell a very funny, beautifully random story about a brave Knight who must defeat the huge robotic Damsel, and various other nefarious baddies causing mayhem in the kingdom of King Burt the Not So Bad.
There are hilarious illustrations, laugh-out-loud comedy moments and a very inventive story that appears to centre around how evil potato magic is. Yep, that’s right. Evil potato magic. That alone should give you an idea about how cool this middle-grade comedy fest of a book is!
Knight Sir Louis is very accessible – especially for readers who struggle a bit – because it is fully of short chapters, loads of illustrations and fun moments where the main story is paused to allow the book to introduce things like newspaper articles, music-loving walruses, and a terrible (but slightly rubbish) baddie called Bazooka Harry.
Absolutely brilliant book – go get it right this minute!
Rating: really liked it
With a mechanical horse called 'Clunkalot' and a magic sword called 'Dave', you know you're in for a fun ride with this story! The humour is at times very dry, but is mostly slapstick and silly. My son thought it was hilarious. The story has many twists and there's lost of clever aspects to the story telling (see Chapter 28!) that adds a dimension I've not come across before and was very refreshing. It could be read to children of any age over about 5 or 6 but reading age for children I suspect is more like 7-12 depending on reading confidence/level. Highly recommended.
Rating: really liked it
Gloriously dumb!
