Read up, ‘Nickerbacher’
by Terry John Barto, Folks… You might have read a few books on dragons, and Princesses and even a rescuing prince, but none like this one. Now, just
put them all together and give them all a good shake and you get a dragon,
Nickerbacher by name and his father who yells at the poor guy, just because he
has a few dreams of his own.
Then, we chance
upon the princess Gwendolyn who likes and cares for the dragon, who looks after
her. It is his duty to look after her and his father tells him to do so and not
chase after his silly dreams of becoming a comedian.
But Nickerbacher
is encouraged by the princess to follow his dreams and he and the princess are
working on his jokes, when Prince Happenstance comes into the picture. The
prince, who is all set to fight the dragon and rescue the princess, is stopped
by the princess. He is told of the problem. So, the three of them set off to La
La Land.
When the three of
them get there, we are of course thrown into the colourful pictures of La La
Land. The Comedy Castle, run by Johnny Kingston, is the place to be to show off
his comedic talent. It would be kind of a weird thing to have a dragon on stage
to try on comedy, because nobody had ever heard of it before.
Yet, Gwendolyn
manages to convince Kingston by promising to promote the comedy show throughout
the city, while the Prince convinces him of having a novelty comedian. Kingston
agrees since it would probably boost his ratings.
So, do they manage
to get a full house in on ‘The Late Knight Show’? Will Argyle, the leprechaun agree
to be the coach? Does Nickerbacher manage to convince his father to let him do
the show? And will there be a full house?
The Griffin, dwarves,
Santa Claus, his elves and even a Sphinx and his
friends make up a few of the
audience. But who else would come and check out the show with jokes, riddles
and the goofiness of the dragon?
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| Terry John Barto |
It encourages kids
to follow their dreams and basically, encourages kids to treat everybody the
same way. A funny and goofy book which is something, that is different and will
definitely get your thinking hats out for sure. The colourful illustrations by
Kim Sponaugle, mixed with Barto’s story definitely are a treat.
You can Buy the Book, right here.
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