King Arthur's Knight Quest

Usborne Fantasy Puzzle Books / Usborne Fantasy Adventures

by Andy Dixon, Felicity Brooks

When the Knights of the Round Table are kidnapped by Morgan le Fay, three novice knights must find them using Merlin's crystal ball and some old maps, and the reader can help by solving the picture puzzles.

Genres: Fantasy, Picture Books, Childrens, Medieval

31 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Emy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Camelot is in crisis. The Knights of the Round Table have been kidnapped by the evil sorceress Morgan le Fay, and you are invited to join the quest to track down and rescue them.

As such, this is a puzzle adventure book, with objects to find and puzzles and riddles to solve.

Having read Dragon Quest and Star Quest by the same author, I was mildly disappointed with this book. There are not nearly as many things to find as in the other books. Basically you need to find a piece of armour, a chalice, the knight who needs rescuing and whatever is required to rescue them. In the other books, there are SO MANY miscellaneous objects to find in each picture. So, this book was disappointing in comparison. I finished it in about an hour.

However, if not compared to the other books, King Arthur's Knight Quest is entertaining, especially for younger readers. Some of the puzzles are a little on the hard side, but that's fine. It's nice to have a bit of challenge.

I think this series of books is really good for a parent to read with their child, and I'm looking forward to doing so with my little brother in a few years. :)

[Tamra · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 8-year-old chose this book to buy at her school's book fair. Honestly, I wasn't happy about that. But she spent a few hours figuring out the puzzles and then demanded I do it, too.

I was skeptical at first. Going on a "quest" and "finding" things sounds sorta lame. As an adult I was thinking, "And what if I DON'T find it, huh? What if I just flip the pages? What then?" But by page 2 I was sold.

The illustrations are pretty sweet, which I didn't expect, and which really helped sell the book. The puzzles are also very nice, ranging from easy to relatively hard. My husband and I even had fun doing the puzzles (and I let my husband figure all the puzzles out himself, which is more than my daughter did for me. It's so hard to be patient when you know the answers!).

All-in-all, a great book.

[Frances Marshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a "puzzle" book--a seek and find items in the scenes type, and for me, the difficulty was fairly steep. All answers are provided on the very last pages, but the key may be difficult to see or easily interpret. Still, I had a great deal of fun wandering--and mentally rescuing knight after missing knight.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super fun puzzle book that is marketed for young adults, but it is also great for adults to some of these puzzles are very challenging!! i admit I had to give up and look up a couple clues after a while lol.
Lots of fun! a unique Arthurian game!

[LudmilaM · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75 stars

[Megan Chrisler · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is more riddles and activities than searching for things, so it's a fun contrast to the other books in the series. On the other hand, the other ones were more of a challenge.

[Kirsten · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly, the illustrations themselves are worth four stars. Atmospheric, imaginative, fantastic: even just going through the pages and looking at the pictures is a full fantasy adventure by itself.

But compared to other titles in this series, there's actually less going on in this book. There's a little bit more variety in the puzzles, but much fewer things to find and remember, so even younger readers will probably find less reread/replay value in it.

[Duane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an excellent book for parents to give their children when there's a day-long car trip in the plans. Vivid illustrations and easy instructions make this puzzle book a great challenge for any age of youngsters. You're a knight trying to rescue all the knights of the round table from different dangers in the land of Camelot. A great book for the entire family

[Brooke Louise · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so fun! As an adult, I found some of it hard but it honestly kept me engaged for ages. I imagine children would love it too.