Butterfingers

By J.M. Trewellard and J. Trewellard

PRINCESS BELLA HAS been snatched from her secret garden by a terrifying monster, leaving behind nothing but a glittering golden ball. Not even the bravest knights in the kingdom can save her from the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385751230
• ISBN13: 9780385751230
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: David Fickling Books
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Awesome butterfingers

This is what my 7 year old son had to say about this book. "I really liked it when all the animals came to save Butterfingers when Dilly was captured by the terrible dragon. This shows that even a clumbsy stable boy can be a great help and defeat a terrible dragon who captured a princess. I think that it's a little too old for me to read but I liked it anyway. I didn't really like it when Butterfingers put the sword in the dragon's belly and how the dragon fell down and closed his eyes and died. I thought that was kind of sad for the dragon."

JUST LIKE BROTHER'S GRIM FAIRY TALES

NED IS THE STABLE BOY WHO CAN TALK TO ANIMALS. BECAUSE HE'S AS CLUMSBY AS GOOFY, EVEYONE (INCLUDING THE ANIMALS) CALL HIM BUTTERFINGERS. AFTER THE PRINCESS IS KIDNAPPED BY A DRAGON NED GOES OFF TO RESCUE HER. FOLLOWING THE NIGHTS TRAIL NED AND HIS ANIMAL FRIENDS MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE DRAGON'S MOUNTAIN. THEY SOON DITCH NED AFTER THE DRAGON FLIES OUT OF HIS CAVE AND CHASES THEM, NED HAD TO CLIMB INTO THE DRAGON'S LAIR AND FIND THE PRINCESS ON HIS OWN. THE DRAGON SOON CORNERS NED IN HIS TREASURE CHAMBER WHERE HE HAS THE PRINCESS CAPTIVE. TO DISTRACT THE DRAGON NED AND THE PRINCESS PLAY A GAME OF CATCH WITH HER GOLDEN BALL, WHILE THE DRAGON IS WATCHING THE BALL ALL THE ANIMALS IN THE KINGDOM SURROUND THE DRAGON. DISRATED BY THE VOICE OF ONE OF THEM NED DROPS THE BALL, THE ANIMALS ALL CRY OUT BUTTERFINGERS AND SURPRISE THE DRAGON BY ATTACKING HIM GIVING NED THE CHANCE TO PICK UP HIS SWORD AND STAB THE DRAGON. AFTER THEY RETURN TO THE CASTALE THE KING MAKES NED A KNIGHT AND HE RESIVES A KISS FROM THE PRINCESS.

Will he be able to effect rescue, or will his butterfingers let her slip through?

J.M. Trewellard's BUTTERFINGERS tells of Princess Bella, snatched from her secret garden by a terrifying monster, leaving behind nothing but a golden ball. It's up to stableboy Ned and his animal friends to rescue her when all the knights fail: will he be able to effect rescue, or will his butterfingers let her slip through?