Nicholas St. North And The Battle Of The Nightmare (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
This was our first chapter book to read-a-loud to our oldest kiddo. It makes this Mommy's heart proud to know that she wanted fantasy as her first entrance into this new world of imagination reading. As for the book, it brings such depth to the story that was introduced to us in the movie inspired by this series. The characters are flawed, struggling to find their bravery and strength within. As a reader, you are very invested in that journey. We also really enjoyed a character not I the movies, young Katherine. She is an inspirational character, and the kind I want my daughter to say is who she's like to be (which she did, so thank you Mr Joyce). Looking forward to getting the next one from the library! I picked up this book because I heard about it after the "Rise of the Guardians" movie came out.First, I'd like to mention how nice the presentation for this book is. It looks beautiful, and it has nice inside art, too. It's one of the better looking books I've seen.The way it's written makes me think of a person sitting in a chair, telling a story to a bunch of people around them. It took me a little while to get into it. It definitely has its own, unique style.It's very whimsical and there's a lot of humor in the writing (for example, North, the character, making a compass that points to himself).It was enjoyable. The characters were likable, and it had a certain feel to its world. It was "Earth" and yet full of magic and everything seemed to have intelligent - whether a beam of light from the moon or an insect.It had a fairytale like charm, where it could spout out anything as existing in this world and the explanation is "because". It didn't worry about trying to explain the science behind things. For instance, a little girl is tossed high enough to reach the clouds, and lands safely because she's caught. Obviously she's still be a pancake, but this is the sort of story where cows can jump over moons or trees can come to life and it's not questioned.I did enjoy it and plan on getting the next book sometime.I also appreciate that while, obviously, this wasn't the end of the series, the book did have its own end. This particular adventure finished instead of stopping a story somewhere in the middle and asking people to buy the next book.
What do You think about Nicholas St. North And The Battle Of The Nightmare (2011)?
read this with the kids. great story. we're looking forward to the next one in the series. :)
—Vking00
Enjoyed it. Will be good for my son in 1-2 years. Want to finish the trilogy.
—alex
Excelente historia, sin duda los niños/jóvenes disfrutarán mucho.
—Bechet
Awesome series. Wonderful for adults and children alike!
—tyjo
