What makes a knight? Strength? Wit? Speed? Karen Kingsbury, author of numerous best-selling books, answers the question in her new picture book, Brave Young Knight (Zonderkidz). This fantasy tale tells the story of a young knight who enters a competition to find the greatest knight. The prize? The winner will become a prince.

Readers will learn, along with the brave young knight, that it is strength of character, not strength of arms, that makes the greatest knights.

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About The Author

Karen Kingsbury, #1 New York Times bestselling novelist, is America’s favorite inspirational storyteller, with more than twenty-five million copies of her award-winning books in print. Her last dozen titles have topped bestseller lists and many of her novels are under development with Hallmark Films and as major motion pictures. Her Baxter Family books are being developed into a TV series slated for major network viewing sometime in the next year. Karen is also an adjunct professor of writing at Liberty University. In 2001 she and her husband, Don, adopted three boys from Haiti, doubling their family in a matter of months. Today the couple has joined the ranks of empty-nesters, living in Tennessee near five of their adult children.