Review written for Best Fantasy Books by Enchanté (a.k.a) Jon Snow from Sleeping With Books.

I’ve gotten a whole lot of books from Egmont publishers recently.

One of the books I received from the publishers was a children’s picture book. I am a primary school teacher and just love picture books. They bring together many elements of writing and enjoyment that novels just cannot reproduce. They are very eye catching because they usually have great art, the story draws you in and the rhyming enraptures you. This one even has a fantasy feel to it!

Sir Charlie Stinky Socks goes on an adventure with his faithful cat and good grey mare where he meets creepy monsters, fire breathing dragons and a not so wicked witch. Each encounter he faces he is left abandoned by his companions but brave and clever Sir Charlie will know what to do.

Just when I started to wonder where the story was leading, a clever ploy was there to distract me. This book has fold out pages that flow with the story line! “As Charlie pushed open the big wooden door. Up the windy windy staircase marched Sir Charlie Stinky Socks.”

Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure by Kristina Stephenson does not disappoint at all, in fact, it probably goes a step beyond. It had great narrative, the art was fantastic and the pop out pages were very well thought out. Young kids should be drawn to this book like moths to a flame.