The Sunflower Sword

By Mark Sperring and Miriam Latimer

In a land filled with fire and smoke and endless fighting, where knights fight dragons, there lives a little knight who wants to be big like the others, and fight like the others, and have a sword like the others. But his mother won’t let him. Instead of a sword, she gives him a sunflower, which, as it turns out, can be mightier than a sword.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing
• Release date: Jan 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781467744355

Mark Sperring

Mark Sperring studied at Bath Academy of Art and Camberwell College of Art before working as a printer and a bookseller, and later becoming a children's book author. Mark's books for Bloomsbury include The Shape of My Heart, Snappy Birthday, Dino-Mummy, Dino-Baby, Dino-Daddy, Four Silly Skeletons, The Naughty Naughty Baddies and I'll Love You Always. He lives in Bristol.

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Reviews for The Sunflower Sword

[sullywriter_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

A hard way to get roasted sunflower seeds.

[juju1220 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is a story about a boy who wants a sword so he can have imaginary fights with dragons. His mother denies him a sword but offers him a sunflower to use as a weapn. When experimenting with the sunflower the boy meets a dragon and they become friends. The art in this book is illustrated like a child's imagination. Basic pictures that enhance the story, bright yellows and oranges used. In the end of the story it shows that even an enemy can become a friend and that in the book this brought peace throughout the land. Great for displaying imagination, fun, and friendship. For students grades k and up.